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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    June 2011
    June 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511709173
    9781108013833
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511709173
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (244 x 170 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    1.47kg, 100 Pages
    • Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Regional Geography
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History, Regional Geography
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Published in Tokyo in 1894, Mrs Little's diary of her summer stay at a local farmhouse in the Chinese interior near Chongqing provides a first-hand account of rural Chinese life in the nineteenth century from a European's perspective. Mrs Little was an accomplished author, having written numerous novels on women's social roles under her maiden name, Bewicke. In My Diary, she continues this theme of women's place in society. Her account also touches on the interactions between Christian missionaries and the local people. She was an active campaigner against the Chinese tradition of binding the feet of young girls, and helped to bring about its abolition. A limited run of only 500 copies of My Diary was originally printed. It contains 26 illustrations and is an invaluable historical source for studying rural life in nineteenth-century China.

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