Inside Canton
[Albert R Smith]
Genre: | Essay, Travelogue |
Subjects: | Ethnography |
Observes several differences between the habits of the Cantonese and those of Western people. The Cantonese, for instance, 'do not appear to understand the use of wheels, or beasts of burden; everything is carried on bamboo poles by the intensely hard-working coolie population' (414). | |
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