ISBN: 9781108014106

William Arthur Cornaby (1860-1921) was born in London and educated at the School of Mines before training as a Methodist minister. In 1885 Cornaby was sent as a missionary to Wuhan, cent… More...

William Arthur Cornaby (1860-1921) was born in London and educated at the School of Mines before training as a Methodist minister. In 1885 Cornaby was sent as a missionary to Wuhan, central China, and A String of Chinese Peach-Stones (1895) was inspired by his experiences. Cornaby explains that his title suggests that the reader possesses ''a collection of desiccated tales, legends, and the like, picked up here and there along the highways and byways of China''. Cornaby''s work covers the period 1849-1867, and discusses the major episodes of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) as well as providing a detailed account of village life in central China, with its farm work, foods, festivals, customs and rituals that remains of interest to anthropologists and historians today. Cornaby''s aim was to educate his English readers and to interest them in the culture that so dominated his own life and work. Books > History > Asian History List_Books<

ISBN: 9781108014106

William Arthur Cornaby (1860-1921) was born in London and educated at the School of Mines before training as a Methodist minister. In 1885 Cornaby was sent as a missionary to Wuhan, cent… More...

William Arthur Cornaby (1860-1921) was born in London and educated at the School of Mines before training as a Methodist minister. In 1885 Cornaby was sent as a missionary to Wuhan, central China, and A String of Chinese Peach-Stones (1895) was inspired by his experiences. Cornaby explains that his title suggests that the reader possesses ''a collection of desiccated tales, legends, and the like, picked up here and there along the highways and byways of China''. Cornaby''s work covers the period 1849-1867, and discusses the major episodes of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) as well as providing a detailed account of village life in central China, with its farm work, foods, festivals, customs and rituals that remains of interest to anthropologists and historians today. Cornaby''s aim was to educate his English readers and to interest them in the culture that so dominated his own life and work. Books List_Books<

ISBN: 9781108014106

Paperback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], Cornaby's work represents an important attempt to expand Western knowledge of central China in the late nineteenth century. Touching on folklo… More...

Paperback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], Cornaby's work represents an important attempt to expand Western knowledge of central China in the late nineteenth century. Touching on folklore, topography, daily rituals and social norms as well as the devastating effects of the Taiping Rebellion, the Methodist missionary carefully documents Chinese society, focusing especially on a farming village., Asian History<

2010, ISBN: 9781108014106

Buch, Softcover, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, 2010

2010, ISBN: 9781108014106

Softcover, Buch, [PU: Cambridge University Press]