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ancestral
Asian cultural studies
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Author_Mortimer Menpes
Bales
Boat Harbour
Buffaloes
canal
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chinese
Chinese Ladies
conquerors
Cruel Sea
Daughters In Law
Dragon Boat Races
East Asian art history
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Follow
Gang Robberies
God Of War
grand
hall
Held
Holy Mountains
hong
Human Suffering
Imperial Chinese Government
imperial history
kong
late imperial China daily life
manchu
Pearl River
Poppy
Qing dynasty society
Quail
River Pirates
Stonecutter's Island
Stonecutter’s Island
Tendons
Tinned Plates
traditional customs analysis
Trousers
Vice Versa
visual ethnography
West River
women
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138991255
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 2007. China in the closing days of its Imperial era is captured in the drawings and paintings of the artist Mortimer Menpes, noted for his portrayals of the Far East, with text by Sir Henry Arthur Blake, who served as Governor of Hong Kong. Blake writes with elegant authority on Chinese life, customs and landscape, including the Temples of the Seven Star Hills, Opium, Life on the Yangtse, Flower Boats, Curious Forms of Gambling and the Houses of the Wealthy, and the pages are enlivened by Menpes’ marvellous drawings that bring the narrative to life. Now that interest in traditional China has never been greater, the publication of this classic treasure is indeed timely.
Menpes, Mortimer; Blake, Henry Arthur
