The Gorgeous East, India, Burma, Ceylon, and Siam - Couverture souple

Elias, Frank

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1241112398 ISBN 13 : 9781241112394

Editeur : Primary Sources, Historical Collections, 2011

Synopsis

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sometimes, as we have stood upon the beach or upon a high cliff and have looked seaward, we have seen, far away upon the sky-line, a great ship, black smoke pouring from her funnels. Perhaps we have been told, by someone happy enough to have a telescope, that the ship is theS o-and-S o, outward forB ombay. For a few minutes, particularly if we are allowed to use the glass, we watch the great vessel as she sails into the haze and then sinks from sight. Then we turn away and forget. And yet the people who, though we cannot see them, are walking about her decks or resting in her saloons are in a very strange position. For at the moment we watch the ship in which they sail, they are between two methods of life, the one utterly different from the other. Behind them are such people as ourselves, who use every new invention, who are constantly changing their ways of doing things for quicker ways, who are ready to despise the fashions and the thoughts, the likes and dislikes of their grandfathers. Before them is another people whose ways are still the ways of ancient times.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Primary Sources, Historical Collections
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1241112398
• ISBN 13: 9781241112394
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible