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Bazaars of Chinese Turkestan : life and trade along the old silk road / text and photographs by Peter Yung.
Penn Museum Library DS793.S62 W463 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weng, Weiquan, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bazaars (Markets).
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--Description and travel--Pictorial works.
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China).
- Silk Road--Description and travel--Pictorial works.
- Silk Road.
- Bazaars (Markets)--Asia, Central.
- Central Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 23 x 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- The Silk Road was once the main artery for the exchange of goods, culture, religion, and art between China, the Middle East, and Europe. Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Peter Yung takes us on a colorful and fascinating journey down the Old Silk Road to the present-day market-places of Chinese Turkestan. 120 color & 32 b&w photos. Maps.
- Notes:
- List of names also in Chinese.
- ISBN:
- 019590270X
- OCLC:
- 37713906
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