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Through the Yang-tse Gorges: Or, Trade and Travel in Western China

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Through the Yang-tse Gorges: Or, Trade and Travel in Western China
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Archibald John Little
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:396
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreAsian and Middle Eastern history
ISBN/Barcode 9781108013840
ClassificationsDewey:951.2035
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 31 October 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Through the Yang-tse Gorges is Archibald Little's diary (published in London in 1888) of his journey up the Yangtze River from Shanghai to Chongqing by a native junk boat in 1883. Little strongly advocated the introduction of steam travel on the upper part of the river between Yichang and Chongqing, a port open to Western trade. The upper Yangtze was full of gorges and rapids which made travel treacherous; Little's journey by junk boat took a month, whereas the journey by steamship would have taken only 36 hours. He was repeatedly rebuffed in his attempts to introduce steam travel to the upper Yangtze by the Chinese government, which he accused of standing in the way of modernisation. He successfully introduced a steamship on the upper Yangtze river in 1898. Several other books by Little and by his intrepid wife are also reissued in this series.