The Island of Seven Cities : The Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement in the Americas
by Chiasson, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0679314555
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314554
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Synopsis
Paul Chiasson is a Yale-educated architect whose expertise is the history and theory of religious architecture. He was born on Cape Breton Island and is a direct descendent of the Acadians who were among the first European settlers in the New World. He has taught at Yale, at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and at the University of Toronto. Chiasson’s discovery of the remains of an ancient Chinese settlement on Cape Breton Island is a direct result of his ancestral interest in the island’s history and of his unique ability to understand the unusual architectural forms that the ruins represented – remains that had been previously misunderstood or overlooked. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001210
- Title
- The Island of Seven Cities : The Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement in the Americas
- Author
- Chiasson, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0679314555
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314554
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- CHINESE_CANADA CAPE BRETON ISLAND (N.S.)
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