1600 Pages
by
Routledge
In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset edition draws together British travel writings about China throughout the next century. The collection ends with the Boxer Uprising which marked the beginning of the end of informal British empire on the Chinese mainland.
Volume 1 Early Encounters, 1798–1824, Volume 2 Mid-Century Explorations, 1841–1863, Volume 3 Expanding Frontiers, 1866–1877, Volume 4 New Perspectives, 1882–1889, Volume 5 Century’s End, 1892–1901
Biography
Elizabeth H Chang
