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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Asia

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

Through travelogues, lifestyle descriptions and cultural notes the reader will visit China, Japan, India, Korea, parts of the Holy Land and Turkey as they were in the early 20th century. Summary by BettyB

Genre(s): Children's Non-fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): India (102), Japan (88), china (59), Asia (34), cuture (2), lifestyles (2), native peoples (1)

Group: Carpenter's Geographical Readers

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	BettyB	00:03:31
Play 01	Introduction	BettyB	00:10:18
Play 02	From America to Japan on a Big Ocean Steamer	BettyB	00:07:31
Play 03	The Island Empire of Japan	BettyB	00:12:44
Play 04	Yokohama, A Japanese Seaport	BettyB	00:07:50
Play 05	Tokyo, the Capital of Japan	BettyB	00:13:57
Play 06	Home Life in Japan	BettyB	00:13:24
Play 07	The Emperor. How Japan is Governed	BettyB	00:11:03
Play 08	Japanese Children at School. Books and Newspapers	BettyB	00:07:00
Play 09	Japanese Children at Play	BettyB	00:06:59
Play 10	Japanese Farms and Farmers	BettyB	00:13:23
Play 11	Commercial and Industrial	BettyB	00:09:11
Play 12	Korea, the Hermit Nation	BettyB	00:09:41
Play 13	Business Among the Koreans. Education	BettyB	00:08:35
Play 14	China	BettyB	00:15:04
Play 15	The Great Capital of China	BettyB	00:10:50
Play 16	The Emperor and the Government	BettyB	00:10:35
Play 17	The Great Wall of China	BettyB	00:09:02
Play 18	Mongolia and Manchuria	BettyB	00:09:18
Play 19	Chinese Boats and Boat people	BettyB	00:09:36
Play 20	Chinese Farms and Farming. Tea	BettyB	00:09:56
Play 21	Industrial China	BettyB	00:10:26
Play 22	Curious Chinese Customs	BettyB	00:08:45
Play 23	Foreign Colonies in China	BettyB	00:07:51
Play 24	Indo China	BettyB	00:09:50
Play 25	Siam and the Siamese	BettyB	00:12:29
Play 26	The King of Siam and His Government. Buddhism	BettyB	00:10:15
Play 27	Singapore and the Malays	BettyB	00:13:08
Play 28	In British Burma	BettyB	00:10:13
Play 29	With the Burmese at Home	BettyB	00:08:59
Play 30	The Working Elephants in Burma	BettyB	00:06:08
Play 31	Industrial Burma. Rice	BettyB	00:08:34
Play 32	General View of India	BettyB	00:14:01
Play 33	The Wild Animals of India	BettyB	00:10:33
Play 34	The Cities of India	BettyB	00:14:07
Play 35	The Villages of India. Home Life	BettyB	00:10:42
Play 36	Among the Indian Farmers	BettyB	00:12:48
Play 37	The Stores and Trades of India	BettyB	00:11:23
Play 38	The Religions of India. A Visit to Benares	BettyB	00:10:58
Play 39	The Native States of India. A Visit to the Rajah of Jaipur	BettyB	00:14:18
Play 40	Above the Clouds; or, Nature and Man in the Heart of the Himalaya Mountains	BettyB	00:14:24
Play 41	Tibet and the Tibetans	BettyB	00:13:41
Play 42	Afghanistan	BettyB	00:07:12
Play 43	Persia	BettyB	00:13:05
Play 44	Arabia, or Life in the Desert	BettyB	00:12:41
Play 45	In an Arabian Village. Mecca and Medina	BettyB	00:07:21
Play 46	Asiatic Turkey. In Palestine and Mesopotamia	BettyB	00:14:15
Play 47	Travels among the Turks	BettyB	00:08:22
Play 48	Russia in Asia. Transcaucasia, Turkestan and the Steppes	BettyB	00:08:39
Play 49	Russia in Asia. Siberia	BettyB	00:09:14

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