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Originally published in 1962. This book is a study of relations between Britain and China. The first section surveys historical relations between the two nation
Imperial Twilight
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Pages: 592
Authors: Stephen R. Platt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: Vintage

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As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an
The Chinese in Britain
Language: en
Pages: 505
Authors: Barclay Price
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

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As China becomes a pre-eminent world power again in the twenty-first century, this book uncovers Britain's long relationship with the country and its people.
Britain and China, 1840-1970
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Robert Bickers
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book presents a range of new research on British-Chinese relations in the period from Britain’s first imperial intervention in China up to the 1960s. Top
British Naturalists in Qing China
Language: en
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Authors: Fa-ti FAN
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Western scientific interest in China focused primarily on natural history. Prominent scholars in Europe as well as W