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Index
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Copyright
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Foreword by Susan Naquin
Introduction
Notes on the History of Beijing
1 Beijing, City of Walls, Gates, and Watchtowers
2 The Forbidden City
3 The Temple of Heaven and Altar of Heaven
4 The Imperial Family
5 Three Powerful Qing Statesmen
6 Manchu Fashions and Manchu Ladies about Town
7 The Legation Quarter
8 Luxury Hotels for Foreigners
9 Peking Union Medical College
10 Coal Hill, the Winter Palace, and the White Dagoba
11 Jesuits, the Catholic Cathedral, and the Old Observatory
12 Two Temples in a City of Religious Tolerance
13 The Drum and Bell Towers, the Oldest Structures in Beijing
14 Decorative Memorial Arches
15 Buddhist and Tibetan Temples and Pagodas in and around Beijing
16 Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace
17 The Jade Fountain—A Celebrated Well Near Beijing
18 The Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
19 The Ming Tombs and the Spirit Path
20 The Coming of the Railroad
21 Street Life
22 Native Transportation
23 Country Life of Yesteryear
24 Oil Paintings of the Imperial City by Carl Wuttke
25 The Great Wall, Beijing’s Protectress
Bibliography
Appendix: Postcard Versos
About the Author and Acknowledgments
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