Setting sails : a tribute to the Chinese junk / by Derek Maitland ; photographed by Nik Wheeler.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hongkong : Publications Division, South China Morning Post, 1981.Description: 5-174 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:- VM101 .M34 1981
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Books | القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall | VM101 .M34 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | In transit from القاعة العربية | The Arabic Hall to القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall since 01/05/2023 | 0015951 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170) and index.
I. Triumph & Tragedy : A history of the Chinese junk from birth, to supremacy, to death in the face of Western naval power -- II. The Imperfect Perfection : How the traditions of junk design and construction eventually rendered it obsolete as an ocean trader; its brief but bloody reign as a pirate vessel - III. An Endless Epitaph : A study of the many junk designs - all of them suited to different purposes - that have flourished and disappeared on China's coastal and inland waterways -- IV. The Lau Family Fishermen : A graphic first-hand study of Hong Kong's modern-day boat people and the colour and excitement that their traditions and beliefs have given one of Asia's urban giants -- V. Tradition's Last Stand : The junk itself is approaching its final death, but some of its design aspects and technical traditions live on in a new role as pleasure vessel.
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