1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391718303316

Autore

Heylyn Peter <1600-1662.>

Titolo

A letter from an officer in His Majesties army, to a gentleman in Glocester-shire [[electronic resource] ] : Upon occasion of certain querees scattered about that country

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford, : by L. Lichfield], Printed in the yeare, 1643

Descrizione fisica

[2], 15, [1] p

Soggetti

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dated at end: 10th of April, 1643.

The queries concern the continuing of Parliament, the Kings protection of delinquents, and the papists.

By Peter Heylyn -- Cf. Wing.

Publisher and place of publication from Wing.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Oxford in may".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777926903321

Autore

Legerton Colin

Titolo

Invisible China [[electronic resource] ] : a journey through ethnic borderlands / / Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, c2009

ISBN

1-56976-261-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RawsonJacob

Disciplina

305.800951

Soggetti

Minorities - China

China Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Authors' Note; Introduction; I The Northeast; II The Southwest; III The Northwest; IV The East; Afterword; Selected Suggested Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Traveling more than 14,000 miles by bus and train to the farthest reaches of China, the authors of this narrative explore the minority peoples who dwell there, talking to farmers in their fields, monks in their monasteries, fishermen on their skiffs, and herders on the steppe. Closely observing daily life in these remote regions, they document the many lifestyles and adventures of the Chinese natives?they visit an old Catholic fisherman at a church that has been without a priest for 40 years; they hike around high-altitude Lugu Lake to farm with the matriarchal Mos