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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 : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London
Author/Creator
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
British Library.
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.
Publisher
Adam Matthew Digital
Publisher Date
2007.
Description
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.
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.
Subject
London Missionary Society.
Church Missionary Society.
China.--Hai guan zong shui wu si shu.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Communist Party of China
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.
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 Leonard,--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.
Aglen, Francis Arthur,--b. 1869.
Campbell, James Duncan,--1833-1907.
Hedgeland, Reginald Follett Codrington.
Evans, William,--b. 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 Edward,--1932-
Heseltine, Michael,--1933-
Heath, Edward.
MacDonald, Malcolm,--1901-
Teng, Hsiao Ping,--1904-1997.
Mao, Tse Tung,--1893-1976.
Chou, En Lai,--1898-1976.
Lin, Biao,--1908-1971.
Chiang, Kai-shek,--1887-1975.
Youde, Edward,--1924-1986.
Kissinger, Henry,--1923-
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.
Missionaries--China--History--Sources.
China--Religion--History--Sources.
Visitors, Foreign--China--History--Sources.
British--China--History--Sources.
Communism--China--History--20th century--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.
Links
Online access from China: trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980
Library URL
991007203569706306