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Ulaanbaatar beyond water and grass : a guide to the capital of Mongolia / M.A. Aldrich.
Van Pelt Library DS798.9.U53 A43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldrich, M. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)--Description and travel.
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)--Guidebooks.
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)--History.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, The University of Hong Kong, [2018]
- Contents:
- Part I The City p. 1
- 1 The Plan of the City p. 3
- 2 Memories p. 9
- 3 Faith p. 40
- 4 Architecture and Decoration p. 63
- Part II The Sites p. 81
- 5 Eastern Monastic Settlement (Züün Khüree) p. 83
- 6 Sükhbaatar Square (a.k.a. Chinggis Khan Square) p. 99
- 7 To the South of Sükhbaatar Square p. 118
- 8 Between the Monastic Settlements p. 139
- 9 Western Monastic Settlement (Baruun Khüree) p. 160
- 10 'Consulate Hill' and Environs p. 181
- 11 'Chinatown' (Maimachin) p. 204
- 12 To the South p. 209
- 13 Farther Afield p. 232
- 14 The Holy Mountain (Bogd Uul) p. 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-281) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789888208678
- 9888208675
- OCLC:
- 1014103253
- Publisher Number:
- 99976962748
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