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This book is an account of J. Gunnar Andersson's travels in China from 1914 to 1927 while he was serving as a mining advisor to the Chinese government. Andersson discusses China's political and economic situation at the time, including the fight for unity, and the future of the region.
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China in Chaos: A Brief Outline of the Foreign Concessions, with Examples of China's Disruption and Failure to Observe Her Obligations due to Civil War, Bolshevist Propaganda and Mob Law; national bank notes; postcards; Shanghai Incident Misrepresented: Shanghai Editors Draw Attention to Incorrect Reports in American Newspapers by The Press Union
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"With their distinctive characteristics, the gardens of China are amongst the most fascinating in the world. Many excellent books have been written about them but, on the whole, they have dealt only with the surviving imperial gardens and a selection of those of retired officials. Rarely are the fascinating courtyards and gardens of temples mentioned, nor the evocative enclosures of ancient burial grounds and imperial tombs - to say nothing of the public parks, botanical gardens and arboreta, most of which have sprung up since 1949." "In this book Peter Valder describes over 200 gardens in China which he has visited, including representatives of all types. In order to introduce them, he looks at how over the years Western visitors have perceived and come to understand Chinese gardens, and for each site provides notes on its location, history and plants." "Gardens in China contains over 500 colour photographs, many of them depicting gardens not previously illustrated in any Western publication, as well as reproductions of illustrations of historical interest."--Jacket.
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"The overland journey in America contains many colorful details from the period just as the transcontinental railroad was nearing completion, but was not yet available for the entire journey. Wells Fargo's last season of stagecoach service from Salt lake City to Austin, Nevada is described. After dining about the town in San Francisco, Charteris suddenly insists on seeing Yosemite ... Charteris [makes] it to both Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove ... In his description of his visit, we meet one of Yosemite's earliest caretakers at the very beginning of the tourist period. In Japan, he visits temples, Yokohama, and Tokyo. In China he travels in the northern region to Irkustk and then across Mongolia on an expedition finding his way to a rail and a trip to Italy before home."--Bookseller's blurb.
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