The Silk Road: China and the Karakorum Highway [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Tucker, Jonathan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780763565 ISBN 13: 9781780763569

Casa editrice: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2015

Riassunto

This beautifully  illustrated  book  is intended  as background  reading  for travelers on one of the most popular sections of the Silk Road—the Xian to Kashgar route through China, linking  with the Karakorum Highway through Northern Pakistan. The ancient trade routes between Europe and the Orient, specifically between Rome and the old Chinese capital of Xian, endured for almost two thousand  years. Along  with trade goods came new ideas—religions, medical knowledge, and scientific and technological innovations  passed in both directions and the Silk Road became a great network of veins and arteries, carrying the life-blood of nations across the known world. The Silk Road is a concise, more portable version of Jonathan Tucker’s acclaimed book, The Silk Road: Art and History, acclaimed by the Literary Review as “a beautiful  book . . . the most informative  work  on the subject.” Replete with fascinating details of the main historical sites, works of art, accounts by ancient and modern travelers, legends, poetry and other literary references, photographs, maps, and site-plans, this will be essential reading for all those interested in or planning to travel the ancient Silk Road.

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Recensione

..a wonderful reference book and an enlightening journey in itself' - Paul Theroux

This book is a Silk Road 'bible', a well constructed and beautiful collation of a mass of information and knowledge on a truly fascinating corner of the world. But be warned: read The Silk Road and you'll want to experience it for yourself....a feat worthy of accolades and to top it all off, the book is filled with excellent, and at times breathtaking, photography

Gseographical

A most handsome volume, admirable in scope and reliable in detail ...it will serve as a treasured compendium...

John Keay, THES

this is a book to fascinate...not only those interested in the past, but also those keen to understand the present.

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

This is a beautifully designed and produced work...undoubtedly one of the fullest and clearest- and certainly the best illustrated- introductions to this vast and bewildering subject.

Asian Affairs

an exquisitely produced major achievement...very highly recommended. --Minerva

L'autore

Jonathan Tucker is a consultant on South East Asian art for Bonhams. He is the author of The Silk Road: Art and History and The Troublesome Priest .

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• Editore: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780763565
• ISBN 13: 9781780763569
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288