| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-379) and index. |
| Contents |
The plan of old Peking -- Traditional beliefs -- Historical overview -- Tian an men square -- Zhong Shan Park and the Ancestral Hall -- The Purple Forbidden City -- The eastern imperial city and environs -- The western imperial city -- The former Legation District -- The eastern Tartar City -- The western Tartar City -- The eastern Chinese city -- The western Chinese city -- Eastern suburbs -- Northern suburbs -- Western suburbs -- The Summer Palace -- The Western Hills -- The Ming Tombs -- The Great Wall -- Sights further afield -- Food -- Drink -- A night at the opera. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Both a history and travel guide, this book devotes chapters to the plan of old Peking, Tian An Men Square, the Purple Forbidden City, the former Legation district, the Great Wall, plus food drink, and more. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Beijing (China) -- History.
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Beijing (China) -- Guidebooks.
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Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.
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Geography.
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TRAVEL.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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China -- Beijing.
(OCoLC)fst01205740
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Note |
Added Chinese title on page facing title page: Jiu jing da guan |
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Added Chinese title on page facing title page: 舊京大觀 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Aldrich, M.A. Search for a vanishing Beijing. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006 9622097774 (DLC) 2006432900 (OCoLC)63169164 |
| ISBN |
9789888052950 (electronic bk.) |
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9888052950 (electronic bk.) |
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