British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 4
Author: Elizabeth H Chang
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-18
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 1000558703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.