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Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Across Mongolian Plains written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
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Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Across Mongolian Plains written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Chapman Andrews' travel diary of his famed Mongolian Expedition in the early 20th Century. It has all the daring adventure, thrilling escapades, and exotic settings of a grand pulp adventure story, which is fitting, as Andrews' famed exploits neatly coincided with the boom in the pulp adventure genre.Andrews and his exploits provided creative fodder for the pulp writers, most of whom had never ventured into the exotic wilds they wrote about.
Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465504087
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Across Mongolian Plains: a Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1921-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romantic story of the Mongols and their achievements has been written so completely that it is unnecessary to repeat it here even though it is as fascinating as a tale from the Arabian Nights. The present status of the country, however, is but little known to the western world. In a few words I will endeavor to sketch the recent political developments, some of which occurred while we were in Mongolia. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the great Genghiz Khan and his illustrious successor Kublai Khan "almost in a night" erected the greatest empire the world has ever seen. Not only did they conquer all of Asia, but they advanced in Europe as far as the Dnieper leaving behind a trail of blood and slaughter. All Europe rose against them, but what could not be accomplished by force of arms was wrought in the Mongols themselves by an excess of luxury. In their victorious advance great stores of treasure fell into their hands and they gave themselves to a life of ease and indulgence. By nature the Mongols were hard riding, hard living warriors, accustomed to privation and fatigue. The poison of luxury ate into the very fibers of their being and gradually they lost the characteristics which had made them great. The ruin of the race was completed by the introduction of Lamaism, a religion which carries only moral destruction where it enters, and eventually the Mongols passed under the rule of the once conquered Chinese and then under the Manchus. Until the overthrow of the Manchu regime in China in 1911, and the establishment of the present republic, there were no particularly significant events in Mongolian history. But at that time the Russians, wishing to create a buffer state between themselves and China as well as to obtain special commercial privileges in Mongolia, aided the Mongols in rebellion, furnished them with arms and ammunition and with officers to train their men.
Author : Paul David Buell
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004432108
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Crossroads of Cuisine written by Paul David Buell and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossroads of Cuisine offers history of food and cultural exchanges in and around Central Asia. It discusses geographical base, and offers historical and cultural overview. A photo essay binds it all together. The book offers new views of the past.
Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Across Mongolian Plains written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular narrative of the second Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, 1918-1919.
Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447488091
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Under a Lucky Star - A Lifetime of Adventure written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under a Lucky Star is the autobiography—the lifetime of adventure—of the explorer and archaeologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Adored by the public and pursued by the press, Andrews came as close to superstar status in the 1920s as any explorer of the twentieth century. Much of Under a Lucky Star focuses on his grandest adventure, the Central Asiatic Expeditions, a series of five daring journeys into uncharted expanses of the Gobi Desert that produced a previously unknown treasure-trove of dinosaur remains. The Gobi region explored by Andrews and his team of scientists proved to be one of the most fruitful sites on earth for late dinosaurs and it continues to yield extraordinary paleontological discoveries.
Author : Napoleon A. Chagnon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684855119
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Noble Savages written by Napoleon A. Chagnon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography.
Author : Benjamin A. Elman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674036476
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book On Their Own Terms written by Benjamin A. Elman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In On Their Own Terms, Benjamin A. Elman offers a much-needed synthesis of early Chinese science during the Jesuit period (1600-1800) and the modern sciences as they evolved in China under Protestant influence (1840s-1900). By 1600 Europe was ahead of Asia in producing basic machines, such as clocks, levers, and pulleys, that would be necessary for the mechanization of agriculture and industry. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Elman shows, Europeans still sought from the Chinese their secrets of producing silk, fine textiles, and porcelain, as well as large-scale tea cultivation. Chinese literati borrowed in turn new algebraic notations of Hindu-Arabic origin, Tychonic cosmology, Euclidian geometry, and various computational advances. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, imperial reformers, early Republicans, Guomindang party cadres, and Chinese Communists have all prioritized science and technology. In this book, Elman gives a nuanced account of the ways in which native Chinese science evolved over four centuries, under the influence of both Jesuit and Protestant missionaries. In the end, he argues, the Chinese produced modern science on their own terms.
Author : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
Publisher : CRVP
ISBN 13 : 9780819174130
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Man and Nature written by Council for Research in Values and Philosophy and published by CRVP. This book was released on 1989 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : IndyPublish.com
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Total Pages : 440 pages
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Author : Roel Sterckx
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108428150
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Animals Through Chinese History written by Roel Sterckx and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.
Author : Tea Cooper
Publisher : Harper Muse
ISBN 13 : 1400344727
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Naturalist's Daughter written by Tea Cooper and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fearless women--living a century apart--find themselves entangled in the mystery surrounding the biggest scientific controversy of the nineteenth century: the classification of the platypus. 1808 Agnes Banks, NSW Rose Winton wants nothing more than to work with her father, eminent naturalist Charles Winton, on his groundbreaking study of the platypus. Not only does she love him with all her heart but the discoveries they have made could turn the scientific world on its head. When Charles is unable to make the long sea journey to present his findings to the prestigious Royal Society in England, Rose must venture forth in his stead. What she discovers will forever alter the course of scientific history. 1908 Sydney, NSW Tamsin Alleyn has been given a mission: travel to the Hunter Valley and retrieve an old sketchbook of debatable value, gifted to the Public Library by a recluse. But when she gets there, she finds there is more to the book than meets the eye, and more than one interested party. Shaw Everdene, a young antiquarian bookseller and lawyer, seems to have his own agenda when it comes to the book. Determined to uncover the book's true origin, Tamsin agrees to join forces with him. The deeper they delve, the more intricate the mystery of the book's authorship becomes. As the lives of two women a century apart converge, discoveries emerge from the past with far-reaching consequences in this riveting tale of courage and discovery.
Author : Thomas W. Knox
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382163896
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Overland Through Asia written by Thomas W. Knox and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Burton Pasternak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429720114
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Cowboys And Cultivators written by Burton Pasternak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Han Chinese who dared to cross over the Great Wall of China, to make a life for themselves on the northern frontier. It compares family lives, the economy, and gender relations among Chinese herders and farmers of Inner Mongolia.
Author : Hajime Nakamura
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824800789
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples written by Hajime Nakamura and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1981-05-01 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is hardly any book equal to Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples in terms of its thorough and systematic presentation of the intricate thought patterns of Asian peoples. The book not only is an essential reference for the student of Asian culture, but also for students of philosophy, religion, anthropology, and art, as it is an excellent source for aiding the student in gaining a deeper understanding of each facet of Oriental thought." --Isshi Yamada, Northwestern University "The clearest discussion and analysis of these complex subjects that I have found. My advanced undergraduate students find this work to be 'stimulating', 'challenging' and comprehensible.' The organization of the text enhances the usefulness of this volume, but it is the high quality of the scholarship that makes Ways of Thinking a most valuable addition to Asian studies and to the academic training of upper division students." --Ann B. Radwan, University of North Florida "I find Ways of thinking a most provocative source for exploring with my students certain basic themes in Eastern religion and culture. Used carefully, it is a most stimulating and effective source for tapping Eastern 'ways' at a fundamental level of inquiry." --Wilbur M. Fridell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Author : Arthur H. Smith
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Village Life in China written by Arthur H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book On the Trail of Ancient Man written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
