Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History – serie
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Netherlands India
A Study of Plural Economy
Häftad, 2010
820 kr
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A classic study of the subject and one of the major works in English on Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, Furnivall's magisterial history was published on the brink of the Second World War when Dutch power was waning in the archipelago. This study traces the economic and social development of …
Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford
One of the King's Commissioners to the Court of Pekin, and Afterwards for Some Time Member of Parliament for South Hampshire
Häftad, 2010
468 kr
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Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secured a post as a writer in the East India Company's factory in Canton in 1798 and was the only Englishman at the factory to study Chinese. He …
A History of Java
Häftad, 2010
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Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was a British civil servant and statesman best known for his founding of the city (now Republic) of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, a position he held until 1815. After a …
A History of Java
Häftad, 2010
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Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was a British civil servant and statesman best known for his founding of the city (now Republic) of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, a position he held until 1815. After a …
Li Hung-Chang
His Life and Times
Häftad, 2010
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Alicia Little (1845-1926) was a prolific writer who moved to China after her marriage to missionary Archibald Little (1838-1907) in 1866. She published many accounts of Chinese culture and society before founding the successful campaign against foot-binding in 1895. This volume, first published in …
The 'Ever-Victorious Army'
A History of the Chinese Campaign under Lt. Col. C. G. Gordon and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion
Häftad, 2010
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Journalist and traveller Andrew Wilson (1831-1881) was born in India to colonial missionaries. Educated in Europe, he later edited the China Mail in Hong Kong, and the Bombay Times. This, his best known work, was published in 1868, and recounts the suppression of the Taiping uprising in 1863-1864 …
An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795
Av André Everard van Braam Houckgeest, M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry
Häftad, 2011
636 kr
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First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) was received with enthusiasm by readers hungry for exotic accounts of distant lands. It vividly describes a …
An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795
Av André Everard van Braam Houckgeest, M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry
Häftad, 2011
606 kr
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First published in French in Philadelphia in 1797 and translated into English for the London edition of 1798 reissued here, this travelogue by André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) was received with enthusiasm by readers hungry for exotic accounts of distant lands. It vividly describes a …
Lion and Dragon in Northern China
Häftad, 2011
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Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) was a colonial administrator and scholar with a lifelong fascination with China who was appointed tutor to the young Puyi (1906-1967), who became emperor at the age of two. Johnston was highly favoured by the emperor, receiving several imperial titles and …
Twilight in the Forbidden City
Häftad, 2011
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British academic and diplomat Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) published Twilight in the Forbidden City in 1934. The work is a memoir of Johnston's time in Beijing between 1919 and 1924, at the court of the Qing Dynasty, where he served as tutor to Aisin-Gioro Puyi (1906-1967), last emperor of …
A Journal of the First French Embassy to China, 1698-1700
Häftad, 2012
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It was not until the early twentieth century that the previously unpublished source of this 1859 work was identified as being itself a reworking of François Froger's Relation du premier voyage, fait en 1698, 1699 et 1700, a journal of his experiences as a young engineer while sailing with the first …
Address to the People of Great Britain, Explanatory of our Commercial Relations with the Empire of China
Av Anonymous
Häftad, 2012
385 kr
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This anonymous work, sometimes attributed to G. J. Gordon, a researcher into tea cultivation, was published in 1836 after the East India Company's loss of its monopoly on trade two years earlier had opened up the market to private individuals. The pamphlet is aimed at a popular readership and feeds …
An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
Taken Chiefly from the Papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney
Häftad, 2012
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George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) arrived in China in 1792 as a member of a British delegation whose objective was to improve trade and establish better diplomatic relations with the Chinese, who, at the time, restricted economic activity with foreigners to the port of Canton (Guangzhou). …
An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
Taken Chiefly from the Papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney
Häftad, 2012
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George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) arrived in China in 1792 as a member of a British delegation whose objective was to improve trade and establish better diplomatic relations with the Chinese, who, at the time, restricted economic activity with foreigners to the port of Canton (Guangzhou). …
Barrow's Travels in China
An Investigation into the Origin and Authenticity of the 'Facts and Observations' Related in a Work Entitled 'Travels in China by John Barrow, F.R.S.'
Häftad, 2012
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William Jardine Proudfoot (c.1804-1887) published his critique of Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (1804; also reissued in this series) with the agenda of exposing the latter as unreliable and unjust. Barrow had accompanied Lord Macartney on the first British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court …
Hertslet's China Treaties
Treaties, etc., between Great Britain and China in Force on the 1st January, 1908
Häftad, 2012
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The first edition of this work, which outlines China's treaty engagements with various foreign powers, was published by Sir Edward Hertslet (1824-1902) in 1896. The two-volume third edition reissued here was published by his son Godfrey in 1908, and took account of new treaties in the intervening …
Hertslet's China Treaties
Treaties, etc., between Great Britain and China in Force on the 1st January, 1908
Häftad, 2012
1017 kr
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The first edition of this work, which outlines China's treaty engagements with various foreign powers, was published by Sir Edward Hertslet (1824-1902) in 1896. The two-volume third edition reissued here was published by his son Godfrey in 1908, and took account of new treaties in the intervening …
Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions
With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879
Häftad, 2012
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As Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, Sir Edward Reed (1830-1906) oversaw the final move from wooden to ironclad ships. Upon resigning from the Navy in 1870 he designed warships for Germany, Chile, Brazil and Japan, and was invited to Japan in 1879 to advise its government on plans to strengthen …
Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions
With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879
Häftad, 2012
636 kr
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As Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, Sir Edward Reed (1830-1906) oversaw the final move from wooden to ironclad ships. Upon resigning from the Navy in 1870 he designed warships for Germany, Chile, Brazil and Japan, and was invited to Japan in 1879 to advise its government on plans to strengthen …
Journals Kept by Mr. Gully and Capt. Denham during a Captivity in China in the Year 1842
Av Robert Gully, Denham
Häftad, 2012
459 kr
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Published in 1844, this extraordinary book consists of the diaries of Robert Gully and Captain Denham, the Commander of the merchant vessel Ann, who were imprisoned in China in 1842, and notes exchanged between the two men (who were held captive in separate places). After some months of …
Miscellaneous Notices Relating to China, and our Commercial Intercourse with that Country, including a Few Translations from the Chinese Language
Häftad, 2012
636 kr
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The sinologist George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) learned Chinese as a child and accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the Ambassador's page, he was the only member of the delegation who could speak to the Emperor in Chinese. A career in the East India Company's Canton …
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59
Häftad, 2012
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In 1857 Laurence Oliphant (1829-88), lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and sometime spy, later Liberal MP, satirical novelist, and, for a time, adherent of the religious mystic Thomas Harris, became private secretary to Lord Elgin (1811-63), accompanying him to China, and thence to Japan, on a mission …
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59
Häftad, 2012
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In 1857 Laurence Oliphant (1829-88), lawyer, journalist, diplomat and sometime spy, later Liberal MP, satirical novelist, and, for a time, adherent of the religious mystic Thomas Harris, became private secretary to Lord Elgin (1811-63), accompanying him to China, and thence to Japan, on a mission …
Ta Tsing Leu Lee; Being the Fundamental Laws, and a Selection from the Supplementary Statutes, of the Penal Code of China
Häftad, 2012
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The sinologist George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) learned Chinese as a child and accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the Ambassador's page, he was the only member of the delegation who could speak to the emperor in Chinese. A career in the East India Company's Canton …
The Present Position and Prospects of the British Trade with China
Together with an Outline of Some Leading Occurrences in its Past History
Häftad, 2012
435 kr
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James Matheson (1796-1878) became a leading taipan, with significant influence and power in Hong Kong. When this pamphlet was published, in 1836, he was still trading from Canton (Guangzhou) and, following the abolition of the East India Company's monopoly on trade with China, appealed to the …
The Treaty Ports of China and Japan
A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of those Countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao
Häftad, 2012
1039 kr
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As trade between the East and the West grew in the mid-nineteenth century, increasing numbers of Westerners travelled to China and Japan, and in 1867 this guide to the key port cities such as Hong Kong and Nagasaki was published in both Hong Kong and London. Its editor, Nicholas Belfield Dennys …
Ti-ping tien-kwoh
The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution, Including a Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures
Häftad, 2012
705 kr
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Published in 1866, this two-volume work is a passionate account of the momentous Taiping Rebellion of 1850-64, which spread across southern China, involving the death of around 20 million people. An English officer and supporter of the rebels, Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840-73) actively fought …
Ti-ping tien-kwoh
The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution, Including a Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures
Häftad, 2012
720 kr
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Published in 1866, this two-volume work is a passionate account of the momentous Taiping Rebellion of 1850-64, which spread across southern China, involving the death of around 20 million people. An English officer and supporter of the rebels, Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840-73) actively fought …
Journal of an Embassy from the Governor General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827
Häftad, 2012
1039 kr
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After studying medicine at Edinburgh, John Crawfurd (1783-1868) joined the medical service of the East India Company. While posted at Penang, he studied the Malay language and culture and became an expert in Eastern affairs. His talent was recognised by the British Government, which entrusted to …
Personal Narrative of Occurrences during Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China, 1860
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In 1860, James Bruce (1811-63), the eighth Earl of Elgin, embarked upon a second embassy to China which aimed to obtain ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin and finally conclude the Second Opium War on terms favourable to the British. Accompanying Elgin as his private secretary was the …
