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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia

by Frank G. CARPENTER (1855 - 1924)

The Emperor and the Government

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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Listen next episodes of Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia:
Above the Clouds; or, Nature and Man in the Heart of the Himalaya Mountains , Afghanistan , Among the Indian Farmers , Arabia, or Life in the Desert , Asiatic Turkey. In Palestine and Mesopotamia , Chinese Boats and Boat people , Chinese Farms and Farming. Tea , Curious Chinese Customs , Foreign Colonies in China , General View of India , In an Arabian Village. Mecca and Medina , In British Burma , Indo China , Industrial Burma. Rice , Industrial China , Mongolia and Manchuria , Persia , Russia in Asia. Siberia , Russia in Asia. Transcaucasia, Turkestan and the Steppes , Siam and the Siamese , Singapore and the Malays , The Cities of India , The Great Wall of China , The King of Siam and His Government. Buddhism , The Native States of India. A Visit to the Rajah of Jaipur , The Religions of India. A Visit to Benares , The Stores and Trades of India , The Villages of India. Home Life , The Wild Animals of India , The Working Elephants in Burma , Tibet and the Tibetans , Travels among the Turks , With the Burmese at Home