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.