{"product_id":"the-boy-travellers-in-the-far-east-5-vol-set-es-9784861661549","title":"The Boy Travellers in the Far East (5-vol. set)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA facsimile reprint of all five books in \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (1879–84) series consisting of \u003ci\u003eJapan and China\u003c\/i\u003e (1879), \u003ci\u003eSiam and Java\u003c\/i\u003e (1880), \u003ci\u003eCeylon and India\u003c\/i\u003e (1881), \u003ci\u003eEgypt and the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e (1882), and \u003ci\u003eAfrica\u003c\/i\u003e (1883), all written by Thomas W. Knox (1835–96).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe series, published during ‘the golden age of American children’s literature’ was very successful when published and remained popular among juvenile readers until the early twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten in the rollicking style of adventure stories, the books follow two youths on journeys to Asia, Middle East, and Africa. The author strived to give his readers accurate and fascinating information. He made us of—and refers to—the finest research materials on the history and culture of foreign countries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith its many vivid illustrations (some in colour), the series gave a strong impression on his American young readers of the ‘exotic’ Far East.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis reprint collection is a set of excellent cultural and historical documents about how children of nineteenth-century America imagined foreign lands. For those working in contemporary Cultural Studies, this series offers many suggestions for further research and provides lively working materials for students of the period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ecONTENTS (Sample articles from the 1890 issues)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Dictionary of Japanese Law Terms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Much-married Man\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAffairs in Korea\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmalgamation of Political Parties\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsiatic Society of Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in Local Government\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCount Itagaki’s Political Influence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCruelty to Animals in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation in 1889\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInauguration of the Leper Hospital at Koyama\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan Becoming Famous\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan in Their Dealings with Foreigners\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapanese Emigration to Hawaii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapanese Foreign Trade in 1889\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKano Hogai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM. Boissonade’s Reply to the Objectors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaruyama Okyo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMessrs. Shibusawa and Iwasaki\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMissions in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMr. Lowder and Treaty Revision\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMr. Osaki Yukio and the New Cabinet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMr. Sonoda Kokichi on British Trade\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Edition of \"The Light of Asia\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNippon Onagaku Kwai\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostal Saving Banks in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor E. Fenollossa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Toyama on Current Educational Methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProposed Honours to the Pioneers of Western Learning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePugilistic Females\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRailways in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRed Cross Society of Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Government in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReminiscences of a Japanese Art Studio of Former Days\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilk in 1889\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir Edwin Arnold and the Satsuma Rebellion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubsidy to Tea Exporters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Aikoku-koto\" Party　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Kirin\" Beer at the Industrial Exhibition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Kokumin-no-Tomo\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 11th National Bank and the Mitsubishi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bank of Japan and the Present Financial Depression\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible of the Church\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Complete Bible in Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Famine Relief Funds\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Influenza Epidemic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Japanese in California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Japanese in Korea\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Koto Chiu Gakko Affair\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Meiji Art Association\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nationalistic Movement in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Journalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Other Side of the Treaty Negotiations with Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Photograph Family\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Photographic Society of Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Progress of Science during the Past Twenty Years\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Question of Prostitution \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Riukiu Islands\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seismological Society of Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stock Market\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tendency of Japanese Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Third National Exhibition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Yokosuka Outrage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Yotsuya Ghost\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatanabe Kazan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYokohama Literary Society　etc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editon Synapse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49426245583191,"sku":"9784861661549","price":736.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-boy-travellers-in-the-far-east-5-vol-set-es-9784861661549","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}