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The river at the center of the world : a journey up the Yangtze and back in Chinese time
- Title
- The river at the center of the world : a journey up the Yangtze and back in Chinese time / Simon Winchester.
- Author
- Winchester, Simon.
- Publication
- New York : H. Holt, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS793.Y3 W56 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 410 pages : maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Chronicle of the author's adventures following the often difficult course of the Yangtze River in China, providing a portrait of the vast country, its history, politics, geography, climate, and culture.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Travel writing.
- Récits de voyages.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-400) and index.
- Contents
- The plan -- The mouth, open wide -- The city without a past -- The first reach -- City of victims -- Rising waters -- Crushed, torn and curled -- Swimming -- A new great wall -- The shipmasters' guide -- The foothills -- The garden country of Joseph Rock -- The river wild -- Harder than the road to heaven -- Headwaters.
- ISBN
- 0805038884
- 9780805038880
- 0805055088
- 9780805055085
- 0140249125
- 9780140249125
- 9780312423377
- 0312423373
- LCCN
- 96012399
- OCLC
- ocm34411014
- 34411014
- SCSB-14447530
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library