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.
By:
Elizabeth H Chang
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Facsimile edition
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 3.469kg
ISBN: 9781851966257
ISBN 10: 1851966250
Pages: 1600
Publication Date: 01 December 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
Volume 1: Early Encounters, 1798-1824 General Introduction S Holmes, The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes (1798); G Wilkinson, Sketches of Chinese Customs & Manners (1814); G T Staunton, Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences during the British Embassy to Peking in 1816 (1824) Volume 2: Mid-Century Explorations, 1841-1863 J L Scott, Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite (1841); W H Medhurst, A Glance at the Interior of China (1850); T W Blakiston, Five Months on the Yangtze (1862); G Fleming, Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary (1863) Volume 3: Expanding Frontiers, 1866-1877 N B Dennys, Notes for Tourists in the North of China (1866); J Dinwiddie, Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie (1868); R Swinhoe, Reports by Consul Swinhoe of His Special Mission up the River Yang-tsze-kiang (1870); A R Margary, Notes of a Journey from Hankow to Ta-li-Fu (1875); Anon, Guide for Tourists to Peking and its Environs (1876); N Elias, A Visit to the Valley of the Shueli, in Western Yunnan (1877) Volume 4: New Perspectives, 1882-1889 E C Baber, 'A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssu-Ch'uan' (1882); I Williamson, Old Highways in China (1884); W S Percival, The Land of the Dragon (1889); G Guinness, In the Far East: Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China (1889) Volume 5: Century's End, 1892-1901 T M Morris, A Winter in North China (1892); S B J Skertchly, Our Island: A Naturalist's Description of Hong Kong (1893); H T Wade, With Boat and Gun (1895); W A Cornaby, Rambles in Central China (1896); A Little, My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1898); H Davies, Among Hills and Valleys in Western China (1901)
