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1 online resource (v, 82 p.) |
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Michigan papers in Chinese studies, no. 13 |
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Michigan papers in Chinese studies ; no. 13.
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Ball, S. Observations on the expediency of opening a new port in China. -- Anonymous. A dissertation upon the commerce of China. -- Martin, R. M. Minute on the British position and prospects in China. -- Canton consulate records concerning the lands and tenements at Honan. -- Trustees of the Morrison Education Society. The Morrison Education Society in China. |
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Materials from the past that wrongly anticipate the future, or present information or judgments that are later proved misleading or erroneous, are sometimes overlooked in reconstructing the past. Yet such documents are as legimiate, and perhaps as important, as those that are vindicated by events or continue to share perspectives with later generations. Materials from the past that wrongly anticipate the future, or present information or judgments that are later proved misleading or erroneous, are sometimes overlooked in reconstructing the past. Yet such documents are as legitimate, and perhaps as important, as those that are vindicated by events or continue to share perspectives with later generations. The first two texts in Nineteenth-Century China exemplify the imperialist mind's eagerness to explore the world, to get a picture of all of its parts, and as rapidly as possible to "open" all areas to the benificent influence of the West, notably through an expanded commerce that would enrich its Western masters. Samuel Ball's "Observations" (1817) show how much detailed information was available to Westerners and what the mercantile British were after, and an anonymous dissertation (1838) provides an example of the dream of the China as El Dorado: an immense population of eager traders, hard workers, and willing buyers. The third text (1845) is an early foreshadowing by a colonial official, R. M. Martin, of Western imperial arguments, rationalizations, and attitudes that would become common fifty years later. The fourth selection consists of an exchange of correspondence in 1847 about British access to and use of land in the vicinity of Canton. A short statement of purpose (1848) from the Morrison Education Society, demonstrating a missionary enterprise combining Christian evangelism and English education, concludes the book. -- publisher's website |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Sources.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Sources.
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Clocks and watches -- Fiction.
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Chine -- Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne -- Sources.
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Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieures -- Chine -- Sources.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Diplomatic relations
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China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
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China
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Geschichte 1800-1900.
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Sources
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Fiction.
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Romans.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nineteenth century China: five imperialist perspectives, Ann Arbor, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1972. (DLC) 73621118 |
| ISBN |
9780472127412 electronic book |
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0472127411 |
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9780472901364 open access |
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0472901362 |
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9780892640133 hardcover |
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9780472038015 paper |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.19047 doi |
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