Corea or Cho-sen
The Land of the Morning Calm
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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
- Author: A. Henry Savage Landor
- Date Published: January 2015
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108080415
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Born and educated in Florence, Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1867–1925) abandoned his art studies in Paris in favour of adventurous expeditions across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1892, Landor was also made a member of the Royal Institution in 1897. Dismissive of specialist equipment, he embarked on extraordinary trips that often required considerable courage and endurance. Another of his publications, Alone with the Hairy Ainu (1893), is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. The present work, first published in 1895, is an absorbing account of the geography, people and culture of Korea. While Landor's grasp of the forces of change at work in the country may be partial, the work nevertheless demonstrates a valuable understanding of Korean culture and customs not found in earlier accounts. Many fine illustrations by Landor himself increase the book's appeal.
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- Date Published: January 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108080415
- length: 338 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- contains: 39 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Christmas on board
2. Chemulpo
3. The road to Seoul
4. The Coreans
5. The woman of Cho-sen
6. Corean children
7. Corean inns
8. Seoul
9. The Corean house
10. A Corean marriage
11. Painting in Seoul
12. The royal palace
13. Students
14. Religion
15. Police
16. Executions
17. The 'king's procession'
18. Fights
19. Fires
20. A trip to Poo-kan
21. Corean physiognomy
Index.
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