The Webbs in Asia

A diary recording the authors' extended tour of the Far East. It focuses on their impressions as the ancient civilizations of Japan, China and India, each in their separate ways, came to terms with the modern world.

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In 1911-12 Sidney and Beatrice Webb undertook an extended tour of the Far East in the course of which they kept a diary recording their impressions as the ancient civilizations of Japan, China and India, each in their separate ways, came to terms with the modern world. This document is a valuable addition to early 20th century travel literature. It also bears on the Webb's continuing intellectual pilgrimage at a critical juncture in their lives and in Asian and European history.