The Silk Road : China and the Karakorum Highway : a travel companion /: China and the Karakorum Highway : a travel companion. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan Tucker ; foreword by Paul Theroux.
• Authors: Tucker, Jonathan
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Note on the Translation of the Poetry and Prose; Introduction: The Early Development of the Silk Road, Principal Routes and Goods Carried; 1 Precursors of the Silk Road; 2 The Introduction of Buddhism to China; 3 The Old Capital of Luoyang; 4 The Old Capital of Changan (Xian); 5 The Silk Road Between Xian and Dunhuang: The Route West from Xian; 6 The Silk Road Through China Beyond Dunhuang: The Northern Silk Road and Southern Silk Road; 7 The Silk Road Between China and India Including the Karakorum Highway 8 The End of the Road: The Silk Road in DeclineChronologies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 951; Trade routes -- China -- History -- Pictorial works; Trade routes; Travel; HISTORY / Asia / China; Asia -- Civilization; Asia -- Description and travel; Asia -- History; Silk Road -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works; Asia -- Silk Road; China; History; Pictorial works; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857739339; 0857739336
• Related ISBNs: 9781780763569; 1780763565
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.