A String of Chinese Peach-stones
A String of Chinese Peach-stones

Author: William Arthur Cornaby

Publisher:

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13:

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Chinese tales, anecdotes and literary references strung together on a thread of narrative and picturing the village life of central China during the period of the Taiping rebellion, 1849-1867.

British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 5
British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 5

Author: Elizabeth H Chang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1000558711

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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.