China [electronic resource] : trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007.
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Contents/Summary
- 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.
Subjects
- Subject
- 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, 1869-1947.
- Aglen, Francis Arthur, 1869-
- Campbell, James Duncan, 1833-1907.
- Hedgeland, Reginald Follett Codrington.
- Evans, William, 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, 1932-2010.
- Heseltine, Michael, 1933-
- Heath, Edward.
- MacDonald, Malcolm, 1901-1981.
- 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-
- 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.
- Missionaries > China > History > Sources.
- Visitors, Foreign > China > History > Sources.
- British > China > History > Sources.
- Communism > China > History > 20th century > Sources.
- 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.
- China > Religion > 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.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2007
- 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.
- Location of Originals
- School of Oriental and African Studies
- British Library
