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The Fan-Qui in China: Everyday Life in Nineteenth-Century China
Charles Toogood Downing
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Description for The Fan-Qui in China: Everyday Life in Nineteenth-Century China
Hardcover. Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. Num Pages: 1016 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
This three-volume set presents one of the most detailed descriptions of early 19th-century China by a Western visitor, Charles Toogood Downing. The volumes offer a unique portrait of the routine life of all the peoples of Canton (modern day Guangzhou), both higher and lower classes, Western and Chinese, and keen insights on how the indigenous Chinese population viewed foreigners working and living in their country (the Fan-qui - or foreign devils - of the title). Among the wide range of topics covered by Downing are commerce, culture, law, family relations, agriculture, religion, medicine, smuggling, shipping and navigation, ... Read more
This three-volume set presents one of the most detailed descriptions of early 19th-century China by a Western visitor, Charles Toogood Downing. The volumes offer a unique portrait of the routine life of all the peoples of Canton (modern day Guangzhou), both higher and lower classes, Western and Chinese, and keen insights on how the indigenous Chinese population viewed foreigners working and living in their country (the Fan-qui - or foreign devils - of the title). Among the wide range of topics covered by Downing are commerce, culture, law, family relations, agriculture, religion, medicine, smuggling, shipping and navigation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
1016
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1016
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784535865
SKU
V9781784535865
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About Charles Toogood Downing
Charles Toogood Downing went to China for two years in the 1830s, where he practised his profession as a surgeon amongst both the Chinese and non-Chinese, gaining an unparalleled insight into the personal and professional dealings of both populations. Peter C. Perdue is Professor of History at Yale University, USA. His books include China Marches West: The Qing ... Read more
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