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China and the Modern World: Regional China and the West, 1759-1972 (via Gale Primary Sources) |
| Description: | 1759 - 1972 Regional China and the West consists of 38 British Foreign Office series sourced from The National Archives, UK, and one privately held collection, documenting the social, economic, and political histories of more than 20 Chinese coastal and inland treaty ports from the late Qing to the Republican eras. Specifically, this archive comprises general correspondence and registers of land, deeds, marriages, and deaths generated by the British legation in Beijing and British consulates based in more than 20 Chinese treaty ports; private and semi-official correspondence of two top British diplomats in China (Sir Henry Pottinger and Sir John N. Jordan), and those of Lord Edmund Hammond (Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) with British representatives in East Asia. On top of these is a set of records and photographs featuring the history of the British concession in Tianjin. |
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| Type: | Fulltext | Primary Source |
| Location: | Web (remote access available) |
