Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, 1644-1912 (2 vols)
Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, 1644-1912 (2 vols)

Author: Arthur W. Hummel

Publisher: Global Oriental

Published: 2010-10-29

Total Pages: 1125

ISBN-13: 9004218017

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Contributors include: K. Biggerstaff, H. Dubs, J.K. Fairbank, Fang Chao-ying, L.C.Goodrich, Hu Shih, T.Numata, E. Swisher, Teng Ssu-yu, C.M. Wilbur, H. Wilhelm. Hummel’s biographical dictionary remains the single indispensable reference tool for Chinese history since 1644. It was first published in 1943–44. ‘The best history of China of the last 300 years’ – Hu Shih.

The Middle Kingdom (2 vols.)
The Middle Kingdom (2 vols.)

Author: S. Wells Williams

Publisher: Global Oriental

Published: 2007-12-20

Total Pages: 1681

ISBN-13: 9004217819

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This classic survey (in its much revised edition of 1883) of the geography, government, literature, social life, arts and history of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants remains a valuable source of reference to scholars of the nineteenth century.

China and Great Britain
China and Great Britain

Author: Britten Dean

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-03-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1684171814

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Describes the expansion and transformation of China's economic relations with Great Britain, when China was forced to agree to a treaty settlement to open a larger number of ports to foreign trade.

The Civil War on Hatteras
The Civil War on Hatteras

Author: Lee Thomas Oxford

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-08-27

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1614239282

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A noted Civil War historian chronicles the fascinating role played by North Carolina’s Hatteras Island in the War Between the States. Hatteras Island was home to many Civil War firsts—among them the first Confederate capture of an armed Union vessel and the first combined amphibious assault of the Confederate army and navy. With illuminating research and vivid prose, historian Lee Oxford demonstrates why these episodes make Hatteras Island vital to the story of the Civil War. The Confederates' desire to regain control of this Outer Banks island saw the capture of the U.S. gunboat "Fanny." This in turn led to the famous Chicamacomico Affair at Live Oak encampment. The skirmish featured harrowing acts of valor by the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, as well as a path toward victory for the Confederate forces.