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China, trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London
Title
China, trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 [electronic resource] : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London.
Published
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital.
Extent
Began in 2007?
Local Notes
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Notes
Title from home page (viewed on Oct. 15, 2007).
"This project provides a wide variety of original source material detailing China's interaction with the West from Macartney's first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74"--Nature and Scope page.
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Summary
China trade, politics and culture, 1793-1980 contains materials documenting western interaction with China from the first embassy by Lord Macartney to trade negotiations for military aircraft in the 1970s. Subjects include the Opium War, Arrow War, Boxer Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, the opening of treaty ports, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and the birth of the People's Republic, and 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.
Variant and related titles
China, trade, politics and culture, 1793-1980
Format
Databases / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 13, 2012
Subjects
Genre/Form
Databases.
History.
Sources.
Databases.
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