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Auteur(s) : Boyd, Julia (1948-....)
Titre(s) : A dance with the dragon [Texte imprimé] : the vanished world of Peking's foreign colony / Julia Boyd
Publication : London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2012
Description matérielle : xxiii, 263 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : Boxers v. barbarians ; Clearing up ; Retrospect ; Imperial sunset ; Changing China ; Republican dreams ; War ; Peking joins up ; Professors and prophets ; Picnics an Ponies ; Russians red and white ; Nanking interlude ; Dragon bone hunters ; Gathering menace ; Last days of paradise ; After the party ; End game.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index
"With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers,
missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was
as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking
attracted characters as diverse as Reginald Johnston (tutor to the last emperor),
Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, Wallis
Simpson and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern
world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents. Ignoring the poverty
outside their gates, they danced, played and squabbled among themselves, oblivious
to the great political events that were to shape modern China unfolding around them.
This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself."
-- Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Étrangers -- Pékin (Chine) -- 20e siècle
Étrangers -- Conditions sociales -- Pékin (Chine) -- 20e siècle
Étrangers -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Pékin (Chine) -- 20e siècle
Pékin (Chine) -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781780760520 (hbk.). - ISBN 1780760523 (hbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42781209h
Notice n° :
FRBNF42781209
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