Contributions

  • Naquin, Susan - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Tuttle Pub., North Clarendon, Vt, Vermont

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780804841856
  • Open LibraryOL25087064M

Classifications

  • DDC951/.156040222
  • LCCNC1878.7.C6 T58 2012
  • LCCNC1878.7.C6T58 2012

Description

"Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists--all come to life again in this extraordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 350 black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Old Beijing: postcards from the Imperial CityTuttle Pub.2012-01-01

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