{"product_id":"revisiting-shangri-la-english-edition-a-century-of-change-in-china-s-southwest-then-and-now","title":"Revisiting Shangri-La (English Edition): A Century of Change in China‘s Southwest, Then and Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/02e6078a3d7e83a7aa1eed89ab7d86e724475127465ac3f1167b4ac330536e92.jpg?v=1793434327\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eBefore and After in the Mountains of Southwest China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhat happens to a place over one hundred years?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eShangri-La: A Century of Looking Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanswers this question through the lens of a camera. This striking visual volume brings together historical photographs of China’s southwestern mountains—the legendary landscapes associated with Shangri-La—and sets them beside contemporary images taken from the same vantage points\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ilasweb.kmlib.yn.cn\/NTRdrBookRetr.aspx?strType=text\u0026amp;strKeyValue=978-7-5085-3058-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ds-markdown-cite\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe result is a powerful visual dialogue between past and present. Glaciers retreat. Villages grow and change. Roads carve through valleys that once took days to traverse. Yet the enduring spirit of the land and its people remains, captured in Moseley‘s patient, documentary-style photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhat you’ll find inside:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA century in photographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Historical images from early explorers and missionaries paired with modern re-photography from the same locations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEnvironmental change made visible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Witness the retreat of glaciers, the shifting of treelines, and the impact of development on sacred landscapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eCultural continuity and transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Tibetan, Naxi, and other ethnic communities documented across generations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA photographer‘s pilgrimage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Robert K. Moseley’s decades-long engagement with the region, culminating in this comprehensive visual record\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/d6caba169dfb809a1afe2d9d8f221a34a8415573f6b241baeed894d3867d4292.jpg?v=1793434331\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/e3003154a33c7c56927dcda92f585b69bb6cc08f0673b4926992f73c769e6f50.jpg?v=1793434335\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/cb13bd4838a97a4df475305b207c7911852018aeda7b9067e6a4886d6ce0cd2b.jpg?v=1793434339\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"orientalbookworm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61462427730254,"sku":"978-7-5085-3058-1-1502717-0-0-0-0-0-0","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/27ceed80e7b12f4cacb922eeb506c34152e1ec4115deba830fbbd1f4dc5677c9.jpg?v=1793417052","url":"https:\/\/orientalbookworm.com\/products\/revisiting-shangri-la-english-edition-a-century-of-change-in-china-s-southwest-then-and-now","provider":"orientalbookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}