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Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907
- Title
- Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907 / Susan Schoenbauer Thurin.
- Author
- Thurin, Susan Schoenbauer.
- Publication
- Athens : Ohio University Perss, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 253 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Three men and three women - a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers - went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the Opium trade, 1842-1907. Their travel records and novels became a significant source of many of the West's impressions of that far-off land." "All of the writers had a degree of contemporary importance or fame and represented different views that lent significance to their writing about China. Robert Fortune, a horticulturalist, and Archibald Little, a merchant, represent travel and the business of empire. Constance Gordon Cumming, Henry Knollys, and Isabella Bird Bishop were adventure travelers. Alicia Little, wife and novelist, helpmeet and humanitarian, was a woman of empire." "Susan Schoenbauer Thurin's study of these writings presents a rich tapestry of impressions, biases, and cultural perspectives that inform our own understanding of the Victorians and their views of the world outside their own."--Jacket.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- International relations
- Travel
- Reisbeschrijvingen
- Beeldvorming
- Imperialisme
- Britten
- China > Description and travel
- China > History > 19th century
- China > Relations > Great Britain
- Great Britain > Relations > China
- China
- Great Britain
- Chine > Relations > Grande-Bretagne
- Grande-Bretagne > Relations > Chine
- Chine > Descriptions et voyages > 19e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-245) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Opening China -- pt. 1. Travel and the Business of Empire. 1. Gathering in China: Robert Fortune. 2. Westward the Course of Empire: Archibald John Little -- pt. 2. Globetrotters in China. 3. An Unbiased Stranger: Constance Gordon Cumming. 4. The Pen and the Sword: Major Henry Knollys. 5. In Search of Elysium: Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop) -- pt. 3. Women of Empire. 6. Orientalizing Feminism: Mrs. Archibald Little (A.E.N. Bewicke). Conclusion: An Opened China.
- ISBN
- 082141268X
- 9780821412688
- LCCN
- 98043661
- OCLC
- ocm40331095
- 40331095
- SCSB-14455067
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library