British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 3

British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 3 PDF Author: Elizabeth H Chang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100055869X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Book Description
In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset edition draws together British travel writings about China throughout the next century. The collection ends with the Boxer Uprising which marked the beginning of the end of informal British empire on the Chinese mainland.