Chapel Hill. Algonquin Books. 1997. First edition. Maps, 224 pp., dustjacket, hardback, very good copy. A young traveller's account of his journey to the Drung people of South-western China, a place unvisited by another European for over a century. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 151567). More
London. Cresset Press. 1941. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 280pp, index, dustjacket cellotape repaired on reverse and chipped in places, a very good copy of an uncommon book. Study of the Min Chia culture in the 1940s, with particular focus on religion. Includes two useful sections on Min Chia..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2001. xi + 321pp, bibliography, index, paperback, foxing upper edge, a very good copy. Nearly seven million Yi people live in Southwest China, but most people outside China have never heard the name. This book, the first scholarly study in a western language on the..... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1977. Large format of Lianhuanhua including 112 black and white illustrations with caption lower edge, light foxing and wears on covers, spine tail little split mended with archival tape, overall good in paperback. Text translated from Chinese into English. 25 x 17.1cm. Walo is a village..... More
Elgin. Allegheny Press. 1991. 178pp, notes, bibliography, chronology, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Divided into 6 parts: Hakka Defined; Origins of the Great Journey; Migration in Search of a New Homeland; Characteristics; Hakkas in Taiwan; Developments Since World War II: The Contradiction. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
Yunnan Fine Arts Press. 2003-2008. 82pp, corner extremities a touch rubbed, paperback in very good condition. 31 x 22cm. Printed on Dongba paper the raw materials for this paper, alpine plants, are becoming scarce and there are few Dongba people who know the skills required to make it. The content..... More
Brookvale. Child & Associates. (c.1987.). Photographs by Paul Lau. Colour map, pictorial endpapers, profuse colour illustrations, 128pp, table, index, dustjacket. Quarto, very good copy. A beautifully and profusely coloured photographic portrait of some of the ethnic minorities of China, Tibet and Mongolia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2001. Maps, colour plates, black and white illustrations, xii + 334pp, references, notes, appendix, paperback, a very good copy. First book in the Studies in Asian Tourism series. This book brings together papers presented at the International Conference on Anthropology, Tourism and Chinese Society held at Yunnan..... More
Hong Kong. Odyssey. 1998. Maps endpapers, colour photographic illustrations, xiii + 231pp, bibliography, glossary, index, hardback, minor wear dustjacket spine edges, 28 x 28.5cm, very good copy. This book chronicles a quarter of a century of explorer Wong How Man's Inner Asian expeditions, providing a rare glimpse of ethnic groups..... More
Beijing. New World Press. 1993. 6 leaves colour plates, 204pp, very light worn covers, good in paperback. 20.8 x 12.9cm. English translation and introduction by Mark Bender and Shi Kun. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169726). More
