
Old Beijing
Postcards from the Imperial City
Susan Naquin(Author)
Tuttle Publishing
Published on 26. July 2016
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-8048-4733-9 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of Chinese photography contains over 350 vintage postcards from pre-communist China along with extensive historical background and commentary. 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 once known as Peking. Containing unique black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span Chinese history 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 Chinese culture and people from times past.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Illustrations
colour
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 267 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8048-4733-9 (9780804847339)
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