{"product_id":"2940016622385","title":"CHINA BY SIR HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE (Illustrated)","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eDescription of China; Her Early History; Tartar Garrisons; Chinese Soldiers; Family Life; Power of Parents; Foot-Binding\u003cbr\u003e                        \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eMarriage Customs; Ancestral Halls; Official Hierarchy; Competitive Examinations; Taxation; Punishments; Torture; Story of Circumstantial Evidence\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eGradations of Chinese Society; Agriculture; Fung Sui; Pawn Offices; River Boats and Junks; The Bore at Haining; Fishing Industry; Piracy on Rivers; Li Hung Chang; The West River; Temples of the Seven Star Hills; Howlick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eThe Yangtze; Opium; Conclusions of Singapore Commission; British and German Trade in the Far East; Town and Country Life; Chinese Cities; Peking; Temple of Agriculture; Spring Ceremony of Ploughing by the Emperor and his Court\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003ePeasant Cultivators; Religious Beliefs; Theatricals; Famine; Life in Coast Cities; Canton; Guild-Houses; Beggar Guild; Official Reception by Viceroy; Chinese Writing; Life of an Official\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eHouses of Wealthy Inhabitants; Flower-Boats; Reform Movement among Chinese Women; Shanghai Women's Convention; Women's Superstitions; Chinese Ladies; Fashions; Visiting\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Description of Hong Kong; Happy Valley; Peak District; Night View of Harbour; Typhoon; Energy of Survivors; The Streets; Early Morning Life of the City; Chinese Workmen; The Barber; The Sawyer; The Stonecutter; The Coolie; Gambling; Some Street Games\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eDragon-Boat Races; Festival at Macao; New Year; New Year Customs; Hong Kong Races; Curious Forms of Gambling; Charitable Institutions of Hong Kong; The Future of China","brand":"Unforgotten Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071468617968,"sku":"2940016622385","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016622385_p0.jpg?v=1763638963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016622385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}