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China trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London. Cover Image E-book E-book

China trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London

Summary: This collection contains a wide range of materials documenting western interaction with China from the first embassy by Lord Macartney to trade negotiations for military aircraft in the 1970s. It includes papers regarding the Macartney and Amherst Embassies, the Opium War, Arrow War, Boxer Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, the opening of treaty ports, the creation and running of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and the birth of the People's Republic, and strong collections relating to missionaries and their experiences. It contains maps, drawings and photographs, and personal accounts of life and work in China throughout the period.

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  • Physical Description: remote
    Computer data.
    electronic resource
    electronic
  • Publisher: Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from home page, viewed on 20 Dec. 2007.
Also includes sources from: National Archives, Kew; Cambridge University Library; Church Missionary Society; Council for World Mission Library; Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University; Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand; Yale Divinity School.
Multi-User.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:
School of Oriental and African Studies
British Library
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access restricted by subscription.
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Subject: London Missionary Society.
Church Missionary Society.
China. -- Hai guan zong shui wu si shu.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Zhongguo gong chan dang.
East India Company.
Butterfield & Swire.
Great Britain. -- Embassy (China)
Great Britain. -- Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Church of England -- Missions -- China
North China and Shantung Mission.
Rolls-Royce Ltd.
Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -- Coordinating Committee on Export Controls.
China. -- Zong li ge guo shi wu ya men.
Macartney, George Macartney -- Earl -- 1737-1806
Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst -- Earl -- 1773-1857
Hart, Robert -- Sir -- 1835-1911
Maze, Frederick -- Sir -- 1871-1959
Alexander, William -- 1767-1816
Staunton, George -- Sir -- 1737-1801
Staunton, George Thomas -- Sir -- 1781-1859
Alley, Rewi -- 1897-1987
Lay, Horatio Nelson -- 1832-1898
Grant, James Hope -- Sir -- 1808-1875
Daniell, Samuel -- 1775-1811
Gower, Erasmus -- Sir -- 1742-1814
Raffles, Thomas Stamford -- Sir -- 1781-1826
Bowra, Edward Charles Macintosh -- 1841-1874
Bowra, Cecil Arthur Verner
Aglen, Francis Arthur -- b. 1869
Campbell, James Duncan -- 1833-1907
Hedgeland, Reginald Follett Codrington
Evans, William -- b. 1860
Baker, Alan Custance
Carpenter, John Baker
Legge, James -- 1815-1897
Lockhart, William -- 1811-1896
McLean, David -- 1833-1908
Scott, Charles Perry
Scott, Percy Melville
Scott, Maurice Woodforde
Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home -- Baron -- 1903-1995
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) -- 1913-1994
Walker, Peter Edward -- 1932-
Heseltine, Michael -- 1933-
Heath, Edward
MacDonald, Malcolm -- 1901-
Deng, Xiaoping -- 1904-1997
Mao, Zedong -- 1893-1976
Zhou, Enlai -- 1898-1976
Lin, Biao -- 1908-1971
Chiang, Kai-shek -- 1887-1975
Youde, Edward -- 1924-1986
Kissinger, Henry -- 1923-
China -- Politics and government -- Sources
China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- Sources
Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- Sources
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Sources
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Sources
China -- Social life and customs -- Sources
China -- Social conditions -- Sources
Missionaries -- China -- History -- Sources
China -- Religion -- History -- Sources
Visitors, Foreign -- China -- History -- Sources
British -- China -- History -- Sources
Communism -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 -- Sources
China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861 -- Sources
China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Sources
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Sources
China -- History -- May Fourth movement, 1919 -- Sources

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