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China and the west : a sketch of their intercourse Soothill, W E 1974 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327(51)

The old China trade / Foster Rhea Dulles Dulles, Foster Rhea 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(51:73)"17/18"

The globetrotter : Victorian excursions in India, China and Japan /Amy Miller. The fascinating story of the first generation of 'Globetrotters' - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture, brought to life with first hand accounts and beautiful illustrations of the views and artefacts of their travels. In the mid-nineteenth century, as new routes opened up, a new generation of travellers embarked on excursions to India, China and Japan. Globetrotters - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture - flocked to the East, casting aside preconceptions and gravitating towards what they hoped to be the unchanged landscapes and traditions of Eastern cultures. The relics of their travels - the food they consumed and the souvenirs they brought back - allowed globetrotters to distinguish themselves from common tourists. They proudly returned with accounts that presented a global East, challenging public assumptions about the cultures they had visited and charting a journey of self-transformation through travel. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.4819094109034

China station : the British military in the Middle Kingdom 1839-1997 /Mark Felton. "The Author, who lives in Shanghai, sets out to demonstrate that the British military has been at the forefront of many of the great changes that have swept China over the last two centuries. He devotes chapters to the various wars, military adventures and rebellions that regularly punctuated Sino#British relationships since the 1st Opium War 1839-1842. This classic example of Imperial intervention saw the establishment of Hong Kong and Shanghai as key trading centres. The Second Opium War and the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions saw the advancement of British influence despite determined but unsuccessful efforts by the Chinese to loosen the grip of Western domination. The Royal Navys might ensured that, by gunboat diplomacy, trading rights and new posts were established and great fortunes made. But in the 1940s the British grossly underestimated Japanese military might and intentions with disastrous results. After the Second World War the British returned to find that the Americans had supplanted them. The Communists victory in the Civil War sealed British and Western fates and, while Hong Kong remained under British control until 1997, the end of British rule was almost inevitable. But the handover was a masterly piece of pragmatic capitalism and the former Colony remains an economic powerhouse with strong British influence."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 951.033

British naturalists in Qing China : science, empire, and cultural encounter /Fa-ti Fan. A study of the first encounters between the British culture of the naturalist and the culture of the Chinese Qing empire. The author seeks to explain how Western naturalists in China and their Chinese associates explored, studied and represented China's natural world. The first part of the book covers the period between the middle of the eighteenth century and the Opium war when access to China was solely through the port of Canton (Guangzhou) and research into China's natural history was linked to trade and commerce. The second part continues the history to 1911 and the collapse of the Qing empire. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 55/59-051(42:510)"16/19"

China Sea pilot. the coast of China from Zhelang Yan to Yalu Jiang or Amnok Kang, north coast of Luzon Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2011. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Creating the Opium War : British imperial attitudes towards China, 1792-1840. "Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century. It makes the first attempt to bring together the political history of Sino-western relations and the cultural studies of British representations of China, as a new way of explaining the origins of the conflict. The book focuses on a crucial period (1792-1840), which scholars such as Kitson and Markley have recently compared in importance to that of American and French Revolutions. By examining a wealth of primary materials, some in more detail than ever before, this study reveals how the idea of war against China was created out of changing British perceptions of the country."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.46(42:51)"1792/1840"

Europa und die Kaiser von China : 1240-1816 Berliner Festspiele 1985 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 061.43(083.83)

HMS Concord : Mediterranean, Australia, China, 1924-5-6 1926 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.3(42)"19"

The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings, furnishings and exotic curiosities Crossman, Carl L 1991 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 382(51)"17/18"

The China clippers / by Basil Lubbock Lubbock, Basil, 1919 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13

Heraldic china mementoes of the First World War Pugh, P D Gordon 1972 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.4:929.6

Anglo-American steamship rivalry in China 1862-1874 Liu, Kwang-Ching 1962 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792Russell

The shorter science and civilization in China : vol 1 : an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text Needham, Joseph 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 5/5(51)(091)

The great reversal : Britain, China and the 400-year contest for power /Kerry Brown. "From the early days of the East India Company through the violence of the Opium Wars to present-day disputes over Hong Kong, Kerry Brown charts this turbulent and fascinating relationship. Brown shows how an understanding of Britain's long relationship with China - and more specifically, how the modern Eastern superpower views that shared history - is now more vital than ever."-- 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.41051

Silk thread : China and The Netherlands from 1600 /Tristan Mostert and Jan van Campen "Silk Thread uses objects from the Rijksmuseum collection to explore the shared history of China and the Netherlands from 1600 to the present. This book pays lavish attention both to the intensive efforts of Dutch traders to reach China and establish a trading post, and to the Dutch people?s fascination with Chinese goods. The products of the encounter - the silk, porcelain and lacquerware, the travelogues and atlases - defined perceptions of China in the Netherlands and far beyond. In the same period, the Netherlands gained a small but significant place in Chinese consciousness. The often-turbulent relationship between China and the West forms an intriguing contrast to the enduring Dutch interest in China and the magnificent objects emanating from it."--Provided by the publiser. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(492:51)

China and the Chinese : their religion, character, customs and manufactures ... Sirr, Henry Charles 1849 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:915.1

Elizabethan globalism : England, China and the rainbow portrait /Matthew Dimmock. "Challenging the myth of Elizabethan England as insular and xenophobic, this revelatory study sheds light on how the nation's growing global encounters - from the Caribbean to Asia - created an interest and curiosity in the wider world that resonated deeply throughout society. Matthew Dimmock reconstructs an extraordinary housewarming party thrown at the newly built Cecil House in London in 1602 for Elizabeth I where a stunning display of Chinese porcelain served as a physical manifestation of how global trade and diplomacy had led to a new appreciation of foreign cultures. This party was also the likely inspiration for Elizabeth's celebrated Rainbow Portrait, an image that Dimmock describes as a carefully orchestrated vision of England's emerging ambitions for its engagements with the rest of the world. Bringing together an eclectic variety of sources including play texts, inventories, and artifacts, this extensively researched volume presents a picture of early modern England as an outward-looking nation intoxicated by what the world had to offer."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.05/5

The Canton trade : life and enterprise on the China coast, 1700-1845 /Paul A. Van Dyke. Van Dyke, Paul Arthur. c2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(51)"1700-1845"

Tseng Kuo-fan : pioneer promoter of the steamship in China Chen, Gideon 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(51)

The China coaster's tide book and nautical pocket manual for the year 1917 1916 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.465(265)

The iniquities of the opium trade with China ... Thelwall, A S 1839 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:382:663.991

The lion and the dragon : Britain and China : a history of conflict /Lawrence James. "Charting the rise and fall of the British empire alongside the growth of China's powers, acclaimed historian Lawrence James unravels the intricate threads of British colonialism, China's struggle for sovereignty, and the impact of global events on their complex interplay. He follows the parallel trajectories of four competitive empires - the British, the Chinese, the Russian and the Japanese - during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and then the fortunes of a fifth imperial power, the United States. In doing so, he paints a vivid picture of the interactions, alliances and conflicts between the two nations over almost two centuries, from imperial ambitions and cultural clashes to economic interests and political manoeuvrings."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.41051

China Sea pilot : vol 1: the west side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the eastern side of Peninsular Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

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