China Illustrated Western View

Koleksi 'buku indah' ini sudah disimpan lebih dari sepuluh tahun, judulnya :

'CHINA ILLUSTRATED'

Western View of the Middle Kingdom

Walaupun sudah banyak sekali buku yang menceritakan sejarah China, namun buku 'sejarah sosial bergambar indah' ini menyoroti berbagai aspek tradisional Cina yang dilihat melalui mata pengunjung asing dan penduduk dari saat kontak perdagangan pertama dengan Cina pada pertengahan abad keenam belas hingga awal Perang Dunia II. Ratusan gambar yang ditampilkan di China Illustrated, termasuk ukiran awal dan peta, cetakan berwarna tangan, potret studio dan foto amatuer, kartu pos, gambar dan kartun berasal dari koleksi pribadi Arthur Haeker, disusun olehnya sehingga menghidupkan sejarah sosial Tiongkok. Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa pengantarnya.

Gambar dibawah ini adalah 'jacket' depan dan belakang buku ini 

Abraham Ortellius’s map of China was the first map of the country to appear in a European atlas. 1589.

The Hadamen Gate in the Tartar Wall in 1934. The gate connected  the Chinese and Tartar Cities.

Chinese Archer and Military Mandarins (left). A Chinese actor playing the part of an enrage military officer,  sketch by William Alexander, drew on 19 December 1793 (right).

 

A Chinese war junk, slow moving, elegant sailing ship, armed with muzzle loading cannon. The British gunboat carried 32-pounds guns and steamers could be maneuvered at a speed of 8 knots in both directions (left). The Praia Grandem, Macau, ca 1843 (right).

General Gordon artillery-man with guns and ammunition by the British (left). Nanking Arsenal was built by Li Hung-chang in his campaign to modernize weaponry of the Ching army (right).

A clash of cultures was acommon feature in the cosmopolitan traty ports, where people of all nations, rich and poor, lived , played and worked in close proximity to each other (left). Foreign female fashion were all the rage n the treaty ports. The “west is best” phenomenon was not confined to the modern (right)

Old Shanghailander when confronted with this picture, feel impelled to break in to song,1938 (left). Tai Chi Chuan, develop by monk of Shaolim Temple during Tang dynasty (right). 

For almost 50 years the Empress Dowager Tzu His was de facto ruler of China. The picture was taken in 1903 (left). The regent, prince Chun, ruled imperial China from the death of the empress Dowager Tzu His until the overthrow of the Ching dynasty. He Seen here with his two sons (mid).The child emperor, Pu Yi, is on the right (right).

Traveling antique dealers, jade, porcelain and embroidery (left). Street tradesmen in Kiu Kiang (Jiu Jiang), (right).

The chairman of the Communist Party of China, Mao Tse Tung, announces the founding of the People’s  Republic of Chine at Tienamen Square in Peking on 1 October 1949. 

Buku indah ini diterbitkan oleh Tuttle Publishing, 2004, berukuran 23.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm, Hard cocer, jacket, 288 halaman.