China, past and present
By: by Edward Harper Parker.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, ld.
Published: 1903
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: China -- Social life and customs; China -- History
Notes: Republished in part from the Nineteenth century, Cornhill magazine, Asiatic quarterly review, Temple Bar, and the Badminton magazine. cf. Introd.
Table of contents: title: I. Historical and statistical.; title: II. The "Boxer" wars.; title: III. Religious.; title: IV. The imperial power.; title: V. The foreigner in China.; title: VI. Mandarin or offical.; title: VII. Clestial peculiarities.; title: VIII. Political.; title: IX. The seamy side.