A dance with the dragon : the vanished world of Peking's foreign colony /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Boyd, Julia 1948- (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
• Θέματα: Πεκίνο(Κίνα) > Ιστορία > 20ος αιώνας.; Πεκίνο(Κίνα) > Κοινωνική ζωή και έθιμα > 20ος αιώνας.

"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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.