China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
| Access: | Connect to e-resource. |
| Description: | This digital collection answers a need for clear, intelligible and informative English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980. Key documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service, from Robert Hart to Frederick Maze, are accessible and searchable alongside original reports of the Amherst and Macartney embassies. There are letters relating to the first Opium War, survivors descriptions of the Boxer War, and tantalising glimpses of life in China from the collected diaries and personal photographs of the Bowra family. There are also significant sources describing the lives and work of missionaries in China from 1869-1970, including extensive and fully searchable runs of missionary periodicals. |
| Subject Coverage: | History of China |
| Date Coverage: | Varies by resource. |
| Database Type: | Collection of original source material. |