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Barbara Crossette The Great Hill Stations Of Asia
Basic Books 0813333261 / 9780813333267 Hardcover Good
0813333261 Hardcover with dust jacket, cloth boards, 259 pages, West View / Perseus Books publishers, 1998 copyright, ISBN: 0813333261. Title: The Great Hill Stations of Asia author: Barbara Crossette. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: Slight wear to dust jacket, some abrasion along the top edge of the cloth cover, maybe from a long-gone insect, but book is otherwise lightly used. Author traveled to the out-of-the-way hill stations of the former colonial rulers of Asia and makes observations and contrasts between the history (there is a large bibliography), and the contemporary reality. Covers the mountain hill stations of north Pakistan, India, the hill stations of southern India, Burma (Myanmar), Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The author tries to glean the remnants of colonial prestige in the hotels, bungalows, and gardens, and shows the difference between the old and the new. Useful for armchair explorers, and those who may want a little nostalgia in their journeys through Asia to the tropics along with a little fresh mountain air. It is not specifically a travel book with specific recommendations, but she names the names of the places she stays at and critiques the service as part of her recounting of history, and her careful research may give a traveler ideas about places to visit. *
Price:
5.47 USD
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