Isabella Bird (Mrs Bishop, 1831-1904) was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for her physical and nervous difficulties. Her accounts of travel in America, Hawaii, Japan and Persia were best-sellers. This two-volume work, first published in 1898, was one of the books arising from Bird's visit to Korea and China between 1894 and 1897, the other being The Yangtse Valley and Beyond (1899), also available in this series. Korea was a battleground during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5, and subsequently became increasingly dominated by Japan, being annexed fully in 1910. Bird's fame as a traveller and missionary gained her unprecedented access for a foreigner to Korean royalty and high officials, at a time when the country had only recently opened up to foreign trade and missions. She provides vivid descriptions of the country, its people, and their way of life and customs.
| ISBN | 1108045774 | | Pages | 674 | | ISBN13 | 9781108045773
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 910 | | Publisher | Cambridge Library Collection | | Published in | Cambridge | | Imprint | Cambridge University Press | | Series title | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia | | Format | Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 08 Mar 2012 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY | 951.9 | | Spine width (mm) | 38 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Volume 1: Preface; Introductory chapter; 1. First impressions of Korea; 2. First impressions of the capital; 3. The Kur-Dong; 4. Things in Seoul; 5. An outfit. A Korean sampan; 6. The Han and its neighbourhood; 7. The Han and its people; 8. Natural beauty. The rapids; 9. Korean marriage customs; 10. The Korean pony. Korean roads and inns; 11. The monasteries of the Diamond Mountain; 12. From Chang-An Sa to Won-San; 13. Impending war. Excitement at Chemulpo; 14. Newchwang. Manchuria; 15. A Manchurian deluge. Muk-Den; 16. Muk-Den; 17. Excitement at Muk-Den; 18. Nagasaki. Wladivostok. Volume 2: 19. The Korean frontier; 20. A new empire; 21. The King's oath. The King and Queen; 22. A transition stage. 'Great Fifteenth Day'; 23. A dark chapter of Korean history; 24. Mr Yi Hak In. Korean burial customs; 25. From Pa Ju to Song-Do; 26. From Song-Do to Phyong-Yang; 27. Northward ho!; 28. From Tok Chhon to Phyong-Yang; 29. The position of Korean woman; 30. Christian missions; 31. The 'top-knot'. The Korean hegira; 32. The reorganised Korean government; 33. Education. Trade. Finance; 34. Korean demonism or shamanism; 35. Notes on demonism in Korea, concluded; 36. Seoul in 1897; 37. Last words on Korea; Appendix A. Mission statistics for Korea, 1896; Appendix B. Direct foreign trade of Korea, 1894-6; Appendix C. Return of principal articles of export for the years 1895-96; Appendix D. Population statistics; Appendix E. Treaty between Japan and Russia, with reply of H. E. the Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs; Index.
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