Author: Matthew Calbraith Perry
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854
Author: Matthew Calbraith Perry
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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The Taking of Hong Kong
Author: Susanna Hoe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136822496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136822496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.
The Chinese Repository
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Pages : 688
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Catalogue
Author: Melbourne parl. libr
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Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The River of Golden Sand
Author: William John Gill
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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A Catalogue of the Library of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society-including the Library of Alex. Wylie, Esq.-systematically Classed. By Henri Cordier
Author: Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, afterwards North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SHANGHAI). Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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The Encyclopædia of Missions
Author: Edwin Munsell Bliss
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Category : Missionary societies
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Category : Missionary societies
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Ruins of Desert Cathay
Author: Sir Aurel Stein
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Category : Archaeologists
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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"The Hungarian born Aurel Stein was a British archaeologist and geographer noted for his pioneering exploration of Central Asia. This is an account of his second major expedition, from 1906-8. Returning to Khotan, Stein extended his original explorations farther eastwards for nearly a thousand miles. It was on this expedition that Stein explored the western end of the Great Wall of China and discovered the Cave of the Thousand Buddhas at Tun-Huang, where he made his greatest discovery of a vast library in a cave sealed since the 10th century. He removed thousands of documents including a copy of the Diamond Sutra whose date makes it the earliest printed book."--abebooks website.
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Category : Archaeologists
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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"The Hungarian born Aurel Stein was a British archaeologist and geographer noted for his pioneering exploration of Central Asia. This is an account of his second major expedition, from 1906-8. Returning to Khotan, Stein extended his original explorations farther eastwards for nearly a thousand miles. It was on this expedition that Stein explored the western end of the Great Wall of China and discovered the Cave of the Thousand Buddhas at Tun-Huang, where he made his greatest discovery of a vast library in a cave sealed since the 10th century. He removed thousands of documents including a copy of the Diamond Sutra whose date makes it the earliest printed book."--abebooks website.
Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Confrontation over Taiwan
Author: Leonard H. D. Gordon
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739135740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth Century China and the Powers is a full and detailed account of international relations of Taiwan during the nineteenth century and specifically, the period between 1840 and 1895. During this time the western powers and Japan were engaged in imperialist designs seeking commercial and strategic gain in the South China Sea, which ultimately led to the Japanese colonization of Taiwan. Leonard Gordon, a diplomatic historian of East Asia, closely examines the foreign policies of China, Great Britain, the United States, France, and Japan. Also taking account of historic events on Taiwan and the mainland, Gordon has researched, in addition to the extensive published national records, unpublished archival materials in Taiwan, Japan, the United States, and Great Britain. Providing a context for understanding the current situation in Taiwan, the thorough research and historical analysis of Confrontation over Taiwan make this an essential book for students of East Asian History and International Affairs.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739135740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth Century China and the Powers is a full and detailed account of international relations of Taiwan during the nineteenth century and specifically, the period between 1840 and 1895. During this time the western powers and Japan were engaged in imperialist designs seeking commercial and strategic gain in the South China Sea, which ultimately led to the Japanese colonization of Taiwan. Leonard Gordon, a diplomatic historian of East Asia, closely examines the foreign policies of China, Great Britain, the United States, France, and Japan. Also taking account of historic events on Taiwan and the mainland, Gordon has researched, in addition to the extensive published national records, unpublished archival materials in Taiwan, Japan, the United States, and Great Britain. Providing a context for understanding the current situation in Taiwan, the thorough research and historical analysis of Confrontation over Taiwan make this an essential book for students of East Asian History and International Affairs.