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Database contains digitized full text of the pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia housed in the Carl A. Kroch Library of Cornell University. Mostly in English and published between c. 1750 and 1929, and amounting to around 1,200 items in 220 bound volumes, these rare pamphlets form part of one of the deepest and most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world and constitute a rich resource for scholars and teachers in numerous disciplines. Topics covered include: The Chinese diaspora; the Foreign presence in China; Foreign relations and diplomacy; International conflict and invasion; Governance; Missionaries and Christianity; Faith and philosophy; Opium: trade, consumption, policy; Rebellion and revolution; Language and writing; Arts and artefacts; Bibliographies; Education; Leisure and pastimes; Literature, poetry and folklore; The natural world; Science, medicine and health; Trade, industry and commerce; Exploration and travel; Transport and communication; General histories and surveys.
Subject headings
Eastern question (Far East)--Sources.
British--China--History--Sources.
Americans--China--History--Sources.
Missionaries--China--History--Sources.
Missions--China--History--Sources.
Chinese literature.
Art, Chinese.
Chinese language.
Chinese language--Translating.
Chinese--United States--History--Sources.
China--History--1795-1861--Sources.
China--History--1861-1912--Sources.
China--Social conditions--Sources.
China--Social life and customs--Sources.
China--Foreign relations--Sources.
China--Foreign economic relations--Sources.
China--Commerce--History--Sources.
China--Religion--Sources.
China--Antiquities--Sources.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources.
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