03201nam 22006253u 450 991015742040332120230801231648.01-908448-80-6(CKB)2670000000521881(EBL)1620967(SSID)ssj0001111673(PQKBManifestationID)12396820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001111673(PQKBWorkID)11157153(PQKB)11653910(MiAaPQ)EBC1620967(Au-PeEL)EBL1620967(OCoLC)870598754(EXLCZ)99267000000052188120140217d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Corporal and the Celestials[electronic resource]Belfast Ulster Historical Foundation20121 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-903688-63-9 The Corporal and the Celestials: in north China with the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1909-1912; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Historical introduction; Prelude; Crete; Malta; 1 Voyage From Malta to China, September to November 1909; Suez Canal; The Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Ceylon; The Straits of Malacca; Singapore; The China Seas; Hong Kong; The China Coast; 2 The Battalion in north China; Sports; An unusual route march; 3 Tientsin; The Concessions; The Native City; 4 Peking; The City Walls; The Foreign Legations; The Tartar City; The Imperial CityThe Forbidden CityThe Temple of Heaven; Ascending the throne; Other temples and sights of Peking; 5 Manners and customs of the Chinese; Government; Education; Pidgin English; 6 The great sights of China; The Imperial Summer Palace; The Peking to Kalgan Railway and the Great Wall of China; The Ming Tombs; 7 Eventful times; Summer Camp; Revolution; On detachment in Wei-Hai-Wei; Departure; Postscript; General index of English terms; Index of Chinese proper names The Corporal and the Celestials publishes for the first time a truly absorbing collection of photographs of China in the early years of the twentieth century, taken by a young corporal of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, James Hutchinson, when stationed there from 1909. Corporal and the CelestialsRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCEast AsiaHILCCChinaDescription and travelChinaHistory1861-1912Pictorial worksChinaHistory1861-1912ChinaCivilization20th centuryBeijing (China)Description and travelRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & ArchaeologyEast Asia357.0942Jackson Bill1236340Jackson BillAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910157420403321The Corporal and the Celestials2870843UNINA