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KMLA Papers . References : Online Secondary Sources . Online Primary Sources .
Bibliographic and Print Sources For earlier history, see Ming China 1368-1644 for the years since 1949 see People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Mongolia For the years 1911-1949, see Republic of China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Tibet, Manchuria, Tannu Touva Demographic History of China Historical Atlas : China, Macau, Hong Kong History by Province : Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang For Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang see Manchuria Former foreign colonies / leased territories / concessions in China : Macau, Hong Kong States in tributary relations with Qing China : Korea (until 1897), Vietnam (Annam-Tonkin, 1802-1885), Annam (-1802), Tonkin (-1802) |
| Country Profiles | modern |
Articles Qing Dynasty, from Wikipedia Library of Congress Country Studies : China |
| Links, General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL;
from dmoz;
from Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (Virtual Library China);
Links on China (chapter on Ch. History) from
Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies List of China-related topics, from Wikipedia |
| Links, on History |
from IGCS;
from East Asia Digital Library; click for Qing Dynasty;
from Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies |
| Organizations |
Johns Hopkins University, Society for Qing Studies |
| Historical Dictionary |
Encyclopedia of China, from Jongo Knows The cities and towns of China, a geographical dictionary, 1879, SBB Biot, Edouard, Dictionnaire des noms anciens et moderne des villes et arrondissements de premier, deuxieme et troisieme ordre compris dans l'empire chinois indiquant les latitudes et les longitudes des tous les chefs lieux de cet empire et les epoques auxquelles leurs noms ont ete changes , 1842, in French, SBB Giles, Herbert A., A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East, 1878 edition, 1886 edition, SBB W.F. Mayers, The Chinese Government: A Manual of Chinese Titles, Categorically Arranged .. (1886), posted on Internet Archive The cities and towns of China, a Geographical Dictionary 1879, SBB |
| Timelines |
from www.timelines.ws : to 1925 Timeline of Chinese-European Cultural Relations, posted by Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg Chronologie Chine, from Clio, in French Category : Years in China, from Wikipedia China 1904-1914 |
| Accounts of History | General, Modern |
Concise Political History of China, posted by
Chinese Culture (CUNY); based on Comptons;
from Chinapedia The Qing Dynasty, from All Empires Y.K. Wang, Managing Hegemony in East Asia: China's Rise in Historical Perspective 2013; focus on Qing hegemony in East Asia |
| Specific Periods |
The Decline of the Ming and the Rise of the Manchus, ch.31,
The Manchus' Consolidation of Power, ch.32,
The Manchu State in Decline 1723-1820, ch.33,
The Road to the Opium Wars, ch.34,
Sino-Western Conflicts 1832-1901, ch.35,
The Mid-Century Rebellions and the Tongzhi Restoration, ch.36,
Unstable Equilibrium 1894-1908, ch.37,
The Early Republic, Revolution, Abortive Restoration, Warlordism, ch.38,
from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Political History, at WWU K.F.A. Gützlaff (ed.), The life of Taou-kwang, late emperor of China: with memoirs of the court of Peking (1852), IA Gützlaff, Karl, Leben des Kaisers Taokuang Memoiren des Hofes zu Peking und Beiträge zu der Geschichte Chinas während der letzten fünfzig Jahre, 1852, in German, SBB W. Schüler, Abriss der neueren Geschichte Chinas, 1912, IA |
| Historiography |
China Knowledge : Chinese Literature, Historiographical category Articles : Chinese Historiography, Draft History of Qing, from Wikipedia Category : Chinese History Texts, Wikipedia |
| Politics | general |
W.F. Mayers, The Chinese Government: A Manual of Chinese Titles, Categorically Arranged .. (1886), posted on
Internet Archive Hung-Ming, Ku, Papers from a Viceroy's Yamen Chinese plea for the cause of good government and true civilization in China, 1901, SBB |
| Institutions |
Bartlett, Beatrice S. : Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China,
1723-1820. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Stephen R. MacKinnon, A Late Qing-GMD-PRC Connection : Police as an Arm of the Modern Chinese State, Selected Papers in Asian Studies 1983 Article Zongli Yamen, from Wikipedia Article : Three Departments and Six Ministries, from Wikipedia |
| Foreign Relations |
Article Zongli Yamen, from Wikipedia Backgrounder : Sino-British Relations, from Chinese Embassy London China, from Tram Views of Asia Een kroniek van Nederlands-Chinese betrekkingen (A chronicle of Dutch-Chinese Relations), from Gele Draak, in Dutch H.E. Richardson, A Ch'ing Missive to Tibet, in Asia Major vol.18 pt.1 1973 Juliana Peresvetova, Sino-Soviet Amur Conflict, ICE Case Studies 1997 A. Anderson, A Narrative of the British Embassy to China (1793), posted on Internet Archive G. Staunton, An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, (1793), Vol.1, Vol.2, posted on Internet Archive Henry, Ellis, Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China (1818), posted on Internet Archive A journal of the first French embassy to China, 1698-1700, tr. by S. Bannister (1859), posted on Internet Archive A. Moges, Recollections of Baron Gros's Embassy to China and Japan in 1857-58 (1860), posted on Internet Archive H.B. Baron Loch, Personal narrative of occurrences during Lord Elgin's second embassy to China (1860), posted on Internet Archive H.B. Morse, The international relations of the Chinese empire (1900), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive S. W. Williams, Our Relations with the Chinese Empire (1877), posted on Internet Archive Henderson, James Joseph, An international court for China, 1879, SBB Paasch, Carl, Die Kaiserlich deutsche Gesandtschaft in China, eine Denkschrift über den Fall Carl Paasch, für die dt. Landesvertretungen, insbesondere den Reichstag, 1892, in German, SBB Nocentini, Lodovico, L'Europa nell'Estremo Oriente e gli interessi dell'Italia in Cina, 1904, in Italian, SBB Pauthier, Guillaume, Histoire des relations politiques de la Chine avec les puissances occidentales depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'?nos jours suivie du ceremonial observe a la cour de Peking pour la reception des ambassadeurs ; traduit pour la premiere fois dans une langue europ?nne , 1859, in French, SBB X. Zhang and C. Xu, The Late Qing Dynasty Diplomatic Transformation: Analysis from an Ideational Perspective, The Chinese Journal of International Politics 2007 1 3 pp.405-445 G. Cahen, Some early Russo-Chinese relations, 1914, IA |
| Military History | general |
see here The Southeast Naval Force in the Ming and Ching Dynasties and the Development of the Maritime Rights, summary of Chinese language article posted on Shvoong Article : Chinese Armies (pre 1911), from Wikipedia Categories : Military History of the Qing Dynasty, Rebellions in the Qing Dynasty, Wars involving Qing Dynasty, from Wikipedia List of Chinese Battles : Qing Dynasty, from Wikipedia Chinas Kriege seit 1840 und seine heutigen Streitkr?te, 1900, in German, SBB |
| 1st Opium War, 1839-1842 |
Y. Wei, Y. Wei, E.H. Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War (1888), posted on
Internet Archive Th. de Quincey, The Opium Question in China in 1840 (1897), posted on Internet Archive J. Ouchterlony, The Chinese war : an account of all the operations of the British forces from the commencement to the Treaty of Nanking (1844), posted on Internet Archive J.E. Bingham, Narrative of the expedition to China, from the commencement of the war to its termination in 1842; with sketches of the manners and customs of the singular and hitherto almost unknown country (1843), posted on Internet Archive Loch, Granville G., The closing events of the campaign in China: the operations in the Yang-Tze-Kiang and treaty of Nanking, 1843, SBB Mackenzie, Keith Stewart, Narrative of the Second Campaign in China, 1844, SBB Murray, Alexander, Doings in China, Being the Personal Narrative of an Officer Engaged in the Late Chinese Expedition, from the Recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842, 1843, SBB Neumann, Karl Friedrich, Geschichte des englisch-chinesischen Krieges, 1855, in German, SBB Richard, Cecile, Der Krieg in China, nach geschichtlichen Mittheilungen der Brittischen Offiziere MP?herson, Elliot-Bingham u. A., 1843, in German, SBB |
| Arrow War 1856/60 |
E. Ringmar, The European Destruction of the Yuanmingyuan (2006), posted on
Internet Archive Th. de Quincey, the China Question in 1857 (1897), posted on Internet Archive Article : Second Opium War, from Wikipedia Article : Seconde guerre d'opium, from Wikipedia French edition Category : Second Opium War, from Wikipedia Varin, Paul, Expedition de Chine, 1862, in French, SBB Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Narrative of the war with China in 1860, 1862, SBB |
| Sino-Fr. War 1883/85 |
Article : Sino-French War, from Wikipedia Article : Guerre Franco-Chinoise, from Wikipedia French edition Category : Sino-French War, from Wikipedia Lewis M. Chere, Great Britain and the Sino-French War : Problems of an Involved Neutral, 1883-1885, Selected Papers in Asian Studies, n.d. Cordier, Henri, Le conflit entre la France et la Chine. Etude d'histoire coloniale et de droit international, 1883, in French, SBB Rivi?e, Armand, Guerre avec la Chine, la politique coloniale et la question du Tonkin, 1883, in French, SBB |
| Sino-Jap. War 1894/95 |
Russo-Japanese War Research Society (covers First Sino-Japanese War) J. Inouye, A Concise history of the war between Japan and China (1895), IA T. White, The war in the East : Japan, China, and Corea : a complete history of the war (1895), Internet Archive Brandt, Max, Drei Jahre ostasiatischer Politik 1894 - 1897 Beiträge zur Geschichte des chinesisch-japanischen Krieges und seiner Folgen, 1897, in German, SBB Liposcak, Anton, Der chinesisch-japanische Krieg und die Machtstellung der europäischen Gross-Staaten in Ost-Asien, 1895, in German, SBB |
| Boxer Reb. 1900/01 |
China Relief Expedition 1900-1901, from Naval Historical Center Thoralf Klein, Case Studies : The Boxer War - The Boxer Uprising , from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence Boxer Rebellion P.H. Clements, The Boxer rebellion; a political and diplomatic review (1915), posted on Internet Archive The Boxer Rising : a history of the Boxer trouble in China (1901), posted on Internet Archive R. Coltman, Beleaguered in Peking; the boxer's war against the foreigner (1901), posted on Internet Archive Great Britain, Foreign Office, Correspondence respecting the insurrectionary movement in China (1899-1901), posted on Internet Archive A.S. Krausse, The story of the Chinese crisis (1900), posted on Internet Archive H.C. Thomson, China and the powers; a narrative of the outbreak of 1900 (1902), posted on Internet Archive A.H.S. Landor, China and the Allies (1901), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive A.H. Henderson, China in Convulsion (1901), posted on Internet Archive La guerre de Chine ; Dieu le veut! ; Assassinats, incendies, viols et pillages ; commis et raconte par les officiers et soldats français ; aux ordres des missionaires ; extrait des articles et documents, 1901, in French, SBB Binder-Krieglstein, Eugen, Die Kämpfe des Deutschen Expeditionskorps in China und ihre milit?ischen Lehren, 1902, in German, SBB Genähr, Immanuel, Die Wirren in China in neuer Beleuchtung, ein Salongespr?h über die Mission, 1901, in German, SBB Giehrl, Rudolf, China-Fahrt, Erlebnisse und Eindrücke von der Expedition 1900/01, 1903, in German, SBB Günther, Hugo, Die Schreckenstage von Peking, 1902, in German, SBB Hart, Robert, The Peking legations a national uprising and international episode, 1900, SBB Schlieper, Paul, Meine Kriegs-Erlebnisse in China die Expedition Seymour, 1902, in German, SBB Thomaschki, Paul, Der Krieg in China und die Mission, 1901, in German, SBB Wereschtschagin, Alexander W., Russische Truppen und Offiziere in China in den Jahren 1901 und 1902, 1903, in German, SBB Deutsche Schutzgebiete : Der Boxeraufstand, in German R. Leonhard, The China Relief Expedition. Joint Coalition Warfare in China, Summer 1900 |
| others |
Articles First Manchu Invasion of Korea (1627),
Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (1636),
from Wikipedia Article Russian-Manchu Border Conflicts (1643-1689), from Wikipedia Article Revolt of the Three Feudatories (S. China 1674-1681), from Wikipedia Article Ten Great Campaigns (1755-1789), from Wikipedia Donald S. Sutton, Ethnic Revolt in the Qing Empire : The "Miao Uprising" of 1795-1797 Reexamined, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.16 pt.2 2003 Article White Lotus Rebellion 1796-1804, from Wikipedia Article Nien Rebellion (N. China 1851-1868), from Wikipedia Article Punti-Hakka Clan Wars (Guangdong 1855-1867), from Wikipedia Article Panthay Rebellion (Yunnan 1856-1873), from Wikipedia The anti-foreign Riots in China in 1891 with an appendix, 1892, SBB |
| Economy & Finances | general |
Economic History of Premodern China, from Economic History Encyclopedia The Economic History and the Economy of China, by Thayer Watkins Rawski, Thomas G., and Lillian M. Li, editors Chinese History in Economic Perspective. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. |
| Specific Periods |
Quantitative Growth, Qualitative Standstill : China's Economic Situation 1368-1800,
Part 1,
Part 2,
Bibliography, by James Graham |
| Economic Policies |
Economic Thought from Ming to Early Ch'ing, ch.30,
Nineteenth Century Chinese Society, ch.31,
Economic Thought during Late Ch'ing, ch.37,
from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Economic History from Stone Age to Mao's Age, at WWU |
| Trade |
Law, Commerce and Knowledge in 18th-20th Century China : An Institutional Perspective on "The Great Divergence",
by Debin Ma China's Growing Trade with European Ships 1517-1800, by James Graham Philip R. Abbey, Treaty Ports and Extraterritoriality in 1920s China The Foreign Trade Revenue of Sea-traders from Guangdong and Fujian Provinces in Ming and Qing Dynasties, summary of Chinese language article posted on Shvoong Shanxi Merchants in Yangloudong Tea Area since Qing Dynasty, summary of Chinese language article, posted on Shvoong Chinese Prices from Han to Early Ch'ing, ch.29, Trade with the West from Late Ming to Mid Ch'ing, ch.34, Trade with the West under the Treaty Port System, ch.35, Late Ch'ing Money and the Price Revolution, ch.36, from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Economic History from Stone Age to Mao's Age, at WWU A. Wright, Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources (1908), posted on Internet Archive China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu, Report on Trade at the Treaty Ports 1868, 1869, 1871, 1880, posted on Internet Archive China inspectorate gen. of customs, Trade statistics of the treaty ports, for 1863-1872 (1873), posted on Internet Archive E.S. Tai, Treaty Ports in China: A Study in Diplomacy (1918), posted on Internet Archive C.J.G. and F. Rivington, Remarks on free trade to China (1830), posted on Internet Archive J. Thompson, Considerations respecting the trade with China (1835), posted on Internet Archive Th. H. Whitehead, The Expansion of Trade in China (1901), posted on Internet Archive Handelsberichte der kaufmännischen Begleiter der Ostindischen Expedition (Mercantile Reports by Traders Accompanying the Prussian East Asian Expedition), Berlin : Königliche Geheime Ober-Druckerei 1861, in German, posted by DTBSWS : Fr. Wolff : China, pp.32-59; C. Jacob und Fr.W. Grube, China, pp.91-131 Nopitsch, Wilhelm Hermann, Kaufmännische Berichte, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Welt mit der Kriegs-Corvette Galathea (Mercantile Reports, collected on a Journey on the War-Corvette Galathea in the Years 1845, 1846 and 1847), in den Jahren 1845, 1846 und 1847, Hamburg : Besser & Mauke 1849, in German, posted by DTBSWS, China pp.97-170 "Where Chineses drive." : English student-life at Peking (1885), posted on Internet Archive S. W. Williams, A Chinese commercial guide : consisting of a collection of details and regulations respecting foreign trade with China, sailing directions, tables (1856), posted on Internet Archive Bülow, Heinrich, Chinas handelspolitische Stellung zur Aussenwelt, 1904, in German, SBB Gumpach, Johannes, The treaty-rights of the foreign merchant and the transit-system, in China supported throughout by official documents, partly unpublished , 1875, SBB Neubaur, Paul, Die Stellung Chinas im Welthandel im Jahre 1900, 1901, in German, SBB Schuemacher, Karl, Europäische Zollbeamte in China und ihr Einfluss auf die Förderung unseres Aussenhandels, 1901, in German, SBB Williams, Samuel Wells, A Chinese commercial guide consisting of a collection of details and regulations respecting foreign trade with China, sailing directions, tables, etc., 1856, SBB Entry : China, pp.1418-1425 in Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue : Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851, GB Entry : China, pp.208-209 in 1852 ed. pp.72-76 in 1866 ed., of J. Hübner, Die Zolltarife aller Länder, in German, GB China, pp.371-379 in vol.3 of E. Flagg, Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations, 1857, GB Max von Brandt, China und seine Handelsbeziehungen zum Ausland, 1899, in German, IA |
| Agriculture |
Article : History of Tea in China, from Wikipedia P. Eijkhoff, Wine in China. Its History and Contemporary Developments; History, from Wine China Stross, Randall E., The stubborn earth: American agriculturalists on Chinese soil, 1898-1937, Berkeley : University of California Press 1989 Chinese Agriculture during Ming and Early Ch'ing, ch.26, Agricultural Cycles in 19th Century China, ch.33, from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Economic History from Stone Age to Mao's Age, at WWU |
| Textile Industry |
350 Years of Chinese Textiles, by Robert Oliver |
| Other Manufacture |
Chinese Commerce and Manufacture during Ming and Early Ch'ing, ch.27,
Chinese Manufacture Reaches the Limit of Constant Costs, ch.32,
from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Economic History from Stone Age to Mao's Age, at WWU Ohlmer, Ernst, Stand und Aufgabe der deutschen Industrie in Ostasien ein Weck- und Mahnruf an dieselbe, 1905, in German, SBB |
| Modernization |
The Chinese Run for "Industrial Takeoff" finally Begins, ch.38,
Economic Consequences of post-1901 Ch'ing Policies, ch.39,
from Edward Kaplan, Chinese Economic History from Stone Age to Mao's Age, at WWU Harriet T. Zumdorfer, Social Networks, Legal Loopholes and Innovating Enterprises - The Successful Chinese Family Firm in the Late Qing and Republican Era (1890-1937). A Rebuttal to Chandler, IEHC 2006 Kent Deng, The Nanking Treaty System, Institutional Changes, and Improved Performance in Qing China, 2008 Stephen L. Morgan, What did Chinese Managers Know ? A Bibliometric Analysis of Management and Accounting Literature in China before 1949, 2008 King, Frank H. H. Joint Venture in China: The Experience of the Pekin Syndicate, 1897-1961. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 19 (1990): 113-22. Our History in China, from Exxon Mobil Chemical |
| Ethnography |
Languages of China (236), from Ethnologue Wikipedia Articles : Autonomous Areas of China, List of Ethnic Groups in China; articles on individual minorities linked here China, from World Cultures Encyclopedia The Hakka People, from OCAC Chinese Coolies, by Ah Xiang Donald S. Sutton, Ethnic Revolt in the Qing Empire : The "Miao Uprising" of 1795-1797 Reexamined, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.16 pt.2 2003 Chinese Empire, pp.537-583 in G.G. Chisholm, The world as it is; a popular account of the countries and peoples of the earth 1884, IA D.W. Smith, European Settlements in the Far East : China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands, India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc 1900, IA; China pp.57-175 |
| History of Regions |
see History of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu,
Guangdong, Guangxi,
Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan,
Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia,
Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin,
Liaoning, Manchuria,
Shaanxi,
Shandong, Shansi, Sichuan,
Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang at this site C.D. Bruce, The Provinces of China, together with a history of the first year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an account of the government of China (1910), posted on Internet Archive Article : History of the Administrative Divisions of China : Provinces under the Ming and Qing Dynasties, from Wikipedia |
| Local History |
History of Beijing (Peking), by Lee Min Ju (at this site),
from china.org,
from Wikipedia History of Tianjin (Tientsin), from Wikipedia History of Shanghai, at this site, from Wikipedia History of Nanjing (Nanking), from Wikipedia History of Guangzhou (Canton), from Wikipedia Deutsche Seewarte, Die wichtigsten Häfen Chinas, 1901 The cities and towns of China, a geographical dictionary, 1879, SBB Biot, Edouard, Dictionnaire des noms anciens et moderne des villes et arrondissements de premier, deuxieme et troisieme ordre compris dans l'empire chinois indiquant les latitudes et les longitudes des tous les chefs lieux de cet empire et les epoques auxquelles leurs noms ont ete changes , 1842, in French, SBB Favier, Alphonse, Peking histoire et description, 1897, in French, GB Colonialism in comparative perspective: Tianjin under Nine Flags, 1860-1949 |
| Institutions | Transportation |
Article Rail Transport in the PRC, from Wikipedia A.D. Blue, European Navigation on the Yangtse, Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1976 |
| Education |
History of the Educational System of China, by D. Surowski Article Imperial Examinations, from Wikipedia Vincent Goossaert , Bureaucratic Charisma : The Zhang Heavenly Master Institution and Court Taoists in Late-Qing China, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.17 pt.2 2004 The Avoidance System in the Imperial Examination during the Early Qing Period, summary of Chinese language article posted on Shvoong |
| Culture, Arts |
The Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 : Loyalists and Individualists
Painting,
The Courtiers, Officials, and Professional Artists,
The Traditionalists,
from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Ching Dynasty, from The Jade Road Qing Dynasty, from Chinese Imperial Cuisines Acrobatics in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, from All China's Women Federation Ting Yen, China and Vegetarianism, scroll down for Ching Dynasty; posted by IVU Hummel, G. L., Kultur-Skizzen aus China, 1900, in German, SBB Katscher, Leopold, Bilder aus dem chinesischen Leben mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Sitten und Gebräuche, 1881, in German, SBB |
| Biographies |
List of Famous Chinese, from Wikipedia Xun Liu, Immortals and Patriarchs: The Daoist World of a Manchu Official and His Family in Nineteenth-Century China, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.17 pt.2 2004 Service, John S., editor Golden Inches: The China Memoir of Grace Service. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1989. K.F.A. Gützlaff (ed.), The life of Taou-kwang, late emperor of China: with memoirs of the court of Peking (1852), IA J.O.P. Bland, Li Hung Chang (1917), IA W.F. Mannix, Memoirs of Li Hung Chang (1913), IA Li Hung-Chang's Scrap Book (1913), IA R.K. Douglas, Li Hungchang (1895), IA P.W. Sergeant, The Great Empress Dowager of China (1911), IA J. Wardle, General Gordon, Saint and Soldier (1904), Gutenberg Library Online J.M. MacKie, Life of Tai-ping-wang, chief of the Chinese insurrection (1857), IA Hake, Alfred Egmont, Gordon in China and the Soudan, 1896, SBB Hamberg, Theodore, The Chinese rebel chief, Hung-siu-tsuen, and the origin of the insurrection in China, 1855, SBB |
| Others |
Hong, Wontack, What Part of Manchuria were the Han Chinese able to
Rule, even intermittently ? The Willow Palisade (2005) Lucie Olivova, Tobacco Smoking in Qing China, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.18 pt.1 2005 Wing-Ming Chan, The Qianlong Emperor's New Strategy in 1775 to Commend Late-Ming Loyalists, in : Asia Major 3rd series vol.13 pt.1 2000 The History of Chinese Medicine : Qing, 1644-1911, from Shen Nong Victor Bai, Emergency Management in China, FEMA Art and Archeology : Timelines - China : Qing Adam Lui Yuen-Chung, The Practical Training of Government Officials under the early Ch'ing 1644-1795, in Asia Major vol.16 pt.1/2 1971 |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel) |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Sveriges beskickningschef i Kina, from Wikipedia Swedish edition;
Ambassadeurs de France en Chine, from
Wikipedia French edition,
Liste der deutschen Botschafter in China, from
Wikipedia German edition,
List of U.S. Ambassadors to China, from NNDB List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to China, from Wikipedia |
| Statistical Data | Population Figures |
China, from Population Statistics Article : Han Chinese : Imperial History, from Wikipedia |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers | Hemerotheques |
Universität Heidelberg, Institute for Chinese Studies,
Shenbao and electronic index to the early Shenbao ICON, International Coalition on Newspapers : Newspaper Digitization Projects, scroll down for China |
| Specific Newspapers |
Peking Gazette (1874), posted on Internet Archive |
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Online Yearbooks China Entries |
Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach,
vol.2 1824 pp.353-355,
vol.7 1830 pp.505-510,
vol.9 1832 pp.584-588,
in German, GB Ch. Pope, The yearly journal of trade, 1837-38, IA, on China pp.280-283, 1854-55, GB, on China pp.409-413 Statesman's Year-Book, Entry : China vol.1 1864 pp.615-621, GB, vol.2 1865 pp.620-627, GB, vol.3 1866 pp.622-632, GB, vol.4 1867 pp.625-636, GB, vol.5 1868 pp.625-636, GB, vol.6 1869 pp.625-635, GB, 1871, pp.630-641, IA, 1872, pp.630-641, IA, 1873, pp.633-641, IA, 1874, pp.637-645, IA, 1875, pp.637-645, IA, 1876, pp.645-654, IA, 1877, pp.661-670, IA, 1878, pp.661-670, IA, 1879, pp.661-670, IA, 1880, pp.661-670, IA, 1881, pp.661-670, IA, 1883, pp.661-670, IA, 1884, pp.728-740, IA, 1885, pp.749-762, IA, 1886, pp.767-780, IA, 1887, pp.791-805, IA, 1888, pp.796-810, IA, 1889, pp.806-820, IA, 1890, pp.409-422, IA, 1891, pp.413-426, IA, 1892, pp.419-432, IA, 1894, pp.419-433, IA, 1895, pp.419-433, IA, 1896, pp.419-433, IA, 1898, pp.419-433, IA, 1899, pp.456-471, IA, 1903, pp.504-521, IA Almanach de Gotha : Chine (Empire de la), vol.97 1860 pp.897-902, vol.102 1865 pp.487-493, vol.106 1869 pp.515-522, in French, GB; search more volumes on IA |
| Image Databanks | Surveys |
Historical Photographs Online (China), from Finding Images of East Asia at Harvard and Beyond (links) |
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Systematic Collections General |
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Systematic Collections Specialist |
Historical Chinese Postcard Project (Lyon);
China Postcard Collection Historic Postcards from China, Historic Stereoscopic Cards from China, posted by M.A. Martelli Photos of Bound Feet, posted by Jeff Bloom Old China Photography, 19th Century Chinese Phoitography Digital Silk Road : Photos Past and Present (Beijing) R. Gardella, Rare Photos Capture China's 19th Century Tea Trade Robert Henry Chandless Photographs China c.1900 K. Sagimaro, Views and Custom of North China 1909, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project Y. Sanshichiro, Peking 1906, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project China Underground : 20 Rare Pictures oif Boxer Prisoners during Late Qing Dynasty Univ. of Bristol, Historical Photographs of China 1870-1950 G.E. Morrison, Album of Hongkong Canton Macao Amoy Foochow 1866-1870, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project G.E. Morrison, Photographic Views of Canton, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project G.E. Morrison, Views of China vol.1, vol.2, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project F. Beato, Photographic Views in China c.1860, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Roads Project China : Exploring the Interior, 1903-1904, exhibition S. Fusazo, Souvenir of Nanking 1910, Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Roads Project |
| Accidental Collections |
Wikimedia Commons |
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Oriental Collections Items on Qing |
A. Mumm von Schwarzenstein, Ein Tagebuch in Bildern. 1902 (Beijing, Shanghai), Toyo Bunko, Digital Silk Road Project Australian National University Library, Giles Pickford Collection (contains photos related to the Boxer Rebellion) Historic Camel Photos - China, Mongolia and India China, from Images of Asia (historic postcards) |
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Universal Collections Items on Qing |
Scripophily Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, from collect.at, commercial site |
| Archival Deposits |
| Constitutions |
Verfassungen des Chinesischen Reichs, from verfassungen.de,
texts of 1908 and 1911, in German Search Prassi Italiana di Dirito Internazionale, Indice delle leggi e degli altri atti normativi, for Cina, 55 entries, in Italian |
| Laws |
| Historiography |
| Document Surveys |
Ch.11 : De Scriptoribus Rerum Orientalium atque Asiaticarum, Par.5 : Sinarum rerum scriptores, pp.239-244 in
B.G. Struve, Selecta bibliotheca historica, 1705, in Latin, GB ;
a catalogue of narrative historical sources |
| Individual Documents |
Foreign Office (British) : Correspondence Respecting the Insurrectionary Movement in China (1901), posted on
Internet Archive Asia for Educators : Primary Source with Questions Reform Edict of the Qing Imperial Government, Jan. 29 1901 |
| Historical Maps |
see here Links, from Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies Albert Herrmann, History and Commercial Atlas of China (1935), posted by huhai.net Map Qing Provinces 1820, from Wikipedia Map : China and Japan 1898, Chinese Empire 1900, China 1905, Chinese Empire 1906, Chinese Empire and Japan 1911 (adm.), China Products and Industries 1906, from Probert Encyclopedia Antiquarian Map Archive Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory, Atlas of the 620 Typhoons 1893-1918 (1920), posted on IA Atlas de l'expedition de Chine en 1860, 1862, SBB |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Article China,
Peking,
Schanghai,
from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Articles China, Peking, Shanghai, Canton, from EB 1911 |
| Religious |
The worship of the Ancient and Modern Chinese, p.115-125 in J. Bellamy,
The history of all religions, 1820, GB Article China, from Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) Article China, from CatholicEncyclopedia (1907) Das Sinesische Reich, pp.697-700 in vol.2 of C.Fr. Staeudlin, Kirchliche Geographie u. Statistik, 1804, in German, GB Article China, pp.24-30 in vol.2 of Allgemeines Kirchen-Lexikon, 1850, in German, GB |
| Economic |
J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch
der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual
on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Canton, China, posted by DTBSWS E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for China Article : Chinesische Eisenbahnen, from Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Ostindien, China und Japan, vol.2 1830 pp.3-29, China vol.4 1844 pp.239-251, posted by DTBSWS Chinesischer Handel, pp.64-75 (82), in : Friedrich Ludwig Langstedt, Geschichte des asiatischen Handels, 1803, in German, GB Entry : China, pp.586-587 in vol.3 of Leipziger Handwörterbuch der Handlungs-, Comptoir- und Waarenkunde, 1819, in German, GB Chine, pp.71-73 in vol.2 of S. Ricard, Traite general du commerce, 1781, in French, GB W.H. Weed, The Copper Mines of the World 1907, China p.141 |
| Geographical |
Entry : China, pp.46-81, in : T.G. Smollett, The Present State of the World,
vol.7 1768, posted on Google Books Chine, pp.561-612 in vol.5 of L.P. Anquetil, Precis de l'Histoire Universelle ou Tableau historique presentant les vicissitudes des Nations ... , 1799, in French, GB Chinese Empire pp.256-279 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB Chinese Empire, pp.381-385 in A. Harris, A geographical hand book, 1862, GB |
| Ethnographical |
The Chinese pp.208-212 in A.H. Keane,
The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters
, 1908, GB Empire Chinois, pp.347-358 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB |
| Historical |
L'Empereur de la Chine, pp.146-160
in : Ferdinand Ludwig Bresler, Les souverains du monde, 1722, in French, GB China pp.354-379, in vol.2 of S. Maunder, The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB |
| Tour Guides |
E.R. Scidmore, Westward to the Far East: A Guide to the Principal Cities of China and Japan 1892, IA Tientsin Press, Guide for Tourists to Peking and Its Environs 1897, IA E.R. Scidmore, Par l'Occident a l'Extreme Orient: guide des principales villes de la Chine et du Japon, avec une notice sur la Coree 1900, IA B. St. John, China Times guide to Tientsin and neighbourhood, 1908, IA |
| Memoirs of Residents |
A. Foster, In the Valley of the Yang-tse, 1899, IA Max von Brandt, Dreiunddreissig Jahre in Ostasien, vol.1, 1901, vol.2 1901, vol.3 : China 1875-1893, 1901, IA |
| Exhibition Catalogues |
Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations
1851, GB; China pp.214-216 Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB; China pp.168-169 Official Catalogue : Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1865 1865, BSB; China pp.82-83 International Exhibition 1876, Official Catalogue vol.1, vol.2, China represented; IA Illustrated catalogue of the Chinese collection of exhibits for the International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, 1884, IA Catalogue of the Collection of Chinese Exhibits at the Liege Universal and International Exhibition, 1905, 1905, IA |
| Institutions | Archives |
Repositories of Primary Sources : Asia : China, from
Univ. of Idaho. Mostly Archive Webpages, 9 entries UNESCO Archives Portal : National Archives Asia Pacific, has one entry for China (Nov. 20th 2006), scroll down; has also 12 entries on provincial, 31 entries on municipal level UNESCO Archives Portal : State and Regional Archives Libraries in China, from LibDex, 23 entries |
| National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flags, by Phil Abbey |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of China, from World Currency Gallery, from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money;
Chinese Banknotes, from Numismondo;
Pre Qing,
Qing Dynasty, from Zeno Coins of the Chinese Empire, from Zeno; Chinese Coinage Website by Vladimir Belyaev Coin History Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, from Chinese Coins |
| Stamps | China Stamps, Chinese States, from Sandafayre Stamp Library |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINT SOURCES Bibliographies . Online Libraries . Thesis Servers . Online Journals . General Accounts . Specific Topics . Historical Dictionaries . Statistical Data . Yearbooks |
| Bibliographies | general |
ISBN Database Online Library Catalogues (Academic, selection) |
| on China |
Links : Books on Chinese History, from Asia Source Studies of Modern Chinese History : Reviews and Essays Search for China Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch, Shanghai, Library Historical Research, English language abstracts of Chinese language theses, published since 2008 |
| on Qing |
Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911,
from The Dynasties of China - Bibliography, Univ. of Maine at Farmington Bibliography of Photo-Albums and Materials related to Photography in China and Tibet before 1949, by Thomas H. Hahn Sources for the Qing Dynasty (Princeton) |
| Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online NACRP Research Library Austrasasian Digital Theses Program |
| on China |
Digitale Sammlungen :
Ostasiatica, from Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin |
| Thesis Server |
Open Access Theses and Dissertations Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) : China Hong Kong University Theses Online, titles in English, most theses in Chinese |
| Online Journals | Directories |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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full text online on Asia |
Asia Major, journal published by Institute of History and Philology of the
Academia Sinica, Taiwan Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (Journal of the German Oriental Society, since 1847, in German) Journal Asiatique 1822-1937, in French, at Gallica Orientalia Parthenopea Journal 2005- , mostly in Italian |
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full text online on Far East |
Bulletin de l'Ecole Française de l'Extreme Orient 1901-1937,
in French, at Gallica Journal of Northeast Asian History (since 2004) |
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full text online on China |
Hong Kong Journals Online Shvoong [provider of English language summaries of articles published in Chinese language academic magazines] |
| Historiography |
Article : Chinese Historiography - Chronicle/Annal Form Histories (Biannian Shi), by G. Hardy, pp.161-162,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Commentaries, by Shoucheng Yan, pp.162-163,
Article : Chinese Historiography - General Histories (tongshi) premodern and Imperial, by J.W. Jay, p.163,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Histories of Illegitimate Dynasties (wei shi), by Q.E. Wang, pp.163-164,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Histories of Institutions, by Q.E. Wang, p.164,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Local Gazetteers (Fengzhi), by G. Alitto, pp.164-165,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Manchu, by C. MacKerras, p.165,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Miscellanea, by J.W. Jay, pp.165-166,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Modern (post-Ming) and Communist, by G. Alitto, pp.167-170
Article : Chinese Historiography - Records of the Beginnings and Ends of Events, by J. Lee, pp.170-171,
Article : Chinese Historiography - Standard Histories, by G.R. Hardy, pp.171-172, in vol.1 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
| General Accounts |
Article China, pp.36-231 in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., Macropaedia, vol.16, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862n |
| General History |
Fairbank / Liu (ed.), The Cambridge History of China, Vol.11 : Late Qing 1800-1911, Part 2 1980 (2006), KMLA Lib. Call Sign 951.03 F164c v.11 David C. Wright, The History of China, Westport CT : Greenwood 2001, KMLA ib.Sign. 951 W947h Gilbert Rozman (ed.), The Modernization of China, NY : the Free Press 1981, KMLA Lib.Sign. 951 R893m Edwin E. Moise, Modern China. A History, London : Longman (1986) 1996, KMLA Lib.Sign. 951.05 M714m Lin Yi, A Short History of China 1840-1919, Peking Foreign Language Press 1965 [G] Tung Chi-Ming, An Outline History of China, Peking Foreign Language Press 1959 [G] Tung Chi-Ming, A Short History of China from Earliest Times to 1840, Peking Foreign Language Press 1965 [G] Compilation Group of "Modern China Series", The Taiping Revolution, Peking : Foreign Language Press 1976 [G] Compilation Group of "Modern China Series", The Revolution of 1911, Peking : Foreign Language Press 1976 [G] Chien Po-Tsan et al., Concise History of China, Peking : Foreign Language Press 1964 [G] |
| Specific Topics |
China, pp.103-158, in : Eric R. Wolf, Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, NY : Harper Torchbooks 1968 [G] W. Ayers, Chang Chih-tung and Educational Reform in China, Cambridge MA : Harvard UP 1971 [G] Yen Ching-Hwang, Coolies and Mandarins. China's Protection of Overseas Chinese during the Late Ch'ing Period (1851-1911), Singapore UP 1985 [G] Philip Richardson, Economic Change in China c.1800-1950, Cambridge UP 1999, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 330.952 R521e F.H.H. King, A Concise Economic History of Modern China, N.Y. : Praeger 1969 [G] Tim Wright, Coal mining in China's economy and society, Cambridge : UP 1984 [B] C.P. Fitzgerald, China, pp.437-464 in F.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge History, vol.XI : Material Progress and World-wide Problems 1870-1898, Cambridge : UP (1962) 1978 [G] |
| Atlasses |
Nathan Sivin (ed.), The Contemporary Atlas of China, Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1988 [G] |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Michael Dillon, China, a Cultural and Historical Dictionary, Richmond (Surrey) : Curzon 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 951.003 D579c Leung, Edwin Pak-Wah, Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China 1839-1976, Westport CT : Greenwood 1992, KMLA Lib. Call Sign R 951 L653h James S. Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China, Westport CT : Greenwood 1998 [G] Michael Dillon, Dictionary of Chinese History, Bournemouth : Frank Cass 1979 [G] |
