Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City - Hardcover

Titus, Felicitas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804841853 ISBN 13: 9780804841856

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists—all come to life again in this extraordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past.

About this title

About the Author:

Felicitas Titus grew up in the foreign concession in Hankow, China, under Chiang Kai-shek, at a time when traditional Chinese culture still ?ourished. She visited old Beijing, then known as Peking, as a child and later studied there for two and a half years, during World War II. After leaving China in 1949, she moved to the United States, where she still lives.

Review:

"Felicitas Titus's wonderful book not only brings us the sights of a city now greatly changed, it will help future generations understand the pleasure and excitement caused by the sending and receiving of a few words scribbled on a bright small picture from a faraway place."—Susan Naquin, author of Peking: Temples and City Life

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0804841853
• ISBN 13: 9780804841856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144