Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book! Haunting postcard images of the non-Western world from a century ago. The antique postcards depicted here were acquired in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Western tourists, business people, traders, and colonialists. The circumstances in which the cards were sent, and the details of those who sent them, are largely lost. Yet the audience for collecting them has enjoyed a spectacular growth in recent years and includes not only those with the collecting instinct or the desire to travel but also artists, photographic historians, fashion and jewelry specialists, and designers everywhere. Once it was believed that by taking someone's portrait you stole that person's soul. Here, the human subjects have a powerful presence because they express a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. Their stories are implicit in their eyes, their costumes, and their postures. Reproduced with complete fidelity, these postcards take us on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting Asia, the Arab Lands, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. The book is introduced by one of the greatest and most successful travel writers of our time. 200+ color illustrations.
【目录】
Introductionp. 6Asia: Wonders of the Eastp. 14Oceania: Myriad Islands in an Azure Seap. 76The Americas: From Prairie to Pampasp. 98The Arabic Lands: Caravans Across the Desertp. 116Africa: All the World in One Continentp. 144Notes on the Postcardsp. 206Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.
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