| Traditions of East Asian Travel Contributor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184545152X ISBN-13: 9781845451523 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Although the topic of travel and travel writing by Chinese and Japanese writers has recently begun to attract more interest among scholars in the West, it remains largely virgin terrain with vast tracts awaiting scholarly examination. This book offers insights into how East Asians traveled in the early modern and modern periods, what they looked for, what they felt comfortable finding, and the ways in which they wrote up their impressions of these experiences. Joshua A. Fogel is a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Travel | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 915.204 |
| LCCN: 2005053060 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although the topic of travel and travel writing by Chinese and Japanese writers has recently begun to attract more interest among scholars in the West, it remains largely virgin terrain with vast tracts awaiting scholarly examination. This book offers insights into how East Asians traveled in the early modern and modern periods, what they looked for, what they felt comfortable finding, and the ways in which they wrote up their impressions of these experiences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fogel, Joshua A.: - Joshua A. Fogel is a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. |