The Years That Were Fat: The Last of Old China - Brossura

Kates, George N.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0262610035 ISBN 13: 9780262610032

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 1967

Riassunto

Marco Polo was the first Westerner to describe the old capital of China in its granddesign, and the early Jesuits were the first to appraise its architectural values. George Kates isone of the last Westerners to take its measure. After his seven leisurely, abundant years in Peking,by the end of which the Japanese had come to occupy it, the old China had finally disintegratedunder the blows of warfare and social revolution.What Kates reveals cannot be found today. Katesdescribes the city with a special competence because he made it a particular object of scholarlyresearch. He wormed out of the Imperial City itself every secret of its hidden courts and desertedharems; and in this book he brings to life again the people and the system that created it. Hebecame familiar with every vista and pleasure of the Imperial Lakes, came to know every mood ofChina's hills and temples, and explored the strange ruins of forgotten palace gardens.With unendingdelight, he watched and became part of the great swarming city that was Peking. With affection andinsight, he writes of the Chinese he knew -- their sensitiveness and their materialism; theirconcern with personal property and their abominable care of it; their awareness of beauty and theirgreed; their dignity and their spontaneity; their immense courtesy; and their conviction, shared bythe most illiterate coolie in rags, of the innate superiority of the Chinese.

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• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0262610035
• ISBN 13: 9780262610032
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288