The Corporal and the Celestials [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Jackson Bill
• Pubblicazione: Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 357.0942
• Soggetto topico: Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East; History & Archaeology; East Asia
• Soggetto geografico: China Description and travel; China History 1861-1912 Pictorial works; China History 1861-1912; China Civilization 20th century; Beijing (China) Description and travel
• Persona (resp. second.): JacksonBill
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 City ; The 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Corporal and the Celestials
• Titolo autorizzato: The Corporal and the Celestials
• ISBN: 1-908448-80-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157420403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II