Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia

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Frank G. Carpenter 1911
English
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • From America to Japan on a Big Ocean Steamer
  • The Island Empire of Japan
  • Yokohama, A Japanese Seaport
  • Tokyo, the Capital of Japan
  • Home Life in Japan
  • The Emperor. How Japan is Governed
  • Japanese Children at School. Books and Newspapers
  • Japanese Children at Play
  • Japanese Farms and Farmers
  • Commercial and Industrial
  • Korea, the Hermit Nation
  • Business Among the Koreans. Education
  • China
  • The Great Capital of China
  • The Emperor and the Government
  • The Great Wall of China
  • Mongolia and Manchuria
  • Chinese Boats and Boat people
  • Chinese Farms and Farming. Tea
  • Industrial China
  • Curious Chinese Customs
  • Foreign Colonies in China
  • Indo China
  • Siam and the Siamese
  • The King of Siam and His Government. Buddhism
  • Singapore and the Malays
  • In British Burma
  • With the Burmese at Home
  • The Working Elephants in Burma
  • Industrial Burma. Rice
  • General View of India
  • The Wild Animals of India
  • The Cities of India
  • The Villages of India. Home Life
  • Among the Indian Farmers
  • The Stores and Trades of India
  • The Religions of India. A Visit to Benares
  • The Native States of India. A Visit to the Rajah of Jaipur
  • Above the Clouds; or, Nature and Man in the Heart of the Himalaya Mountains
  • Tibet and the Tibetans
  • Afghanistan
  • Persia
  • Arabia, or Life in the Desert
  • In an Arabian Village. Mecca and Medina
  • Asiatic Turkey. In Palestine and Mesopotamia
  • Travels among the Turks
  • Russia in Asia. Transcaucasia, Turkestan and the Steppes
  • Russia in Asia. Siberia
Through travelogues, lifestyle descriptions and cultural notes the reader will visit China, Japan, India, Korea, parts of the Holy Land and Turkey as they were in the early 20th century. Summary by BettyB

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