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| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles |
Articles Song Dynasty,
Yuan Dynasty,
Ming Dynasty,
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 Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies |
| Historical Dictionary |
Encyclopedia of China, from Jongo Knows |
| 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 |
| Accounts of History |
Concise Political History of China, posted by
Chinese Culture (CUNY); based on Comptons;
from Chinapedia |
| Encyclopedia Entries |
Articles China,
Peking,
Shanghai, Canton, from EB 1911 Article China, from Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) Article China, from CatholicEncyclopedia (1907) Article China, Peking, Schanghai, Kanton, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1889, in German 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 Ch. Pope, The yearly journal of trade, 1837-8 : comprising laws of customs and excise, treaties and conventions with foreign powers, tariffs of United Kingdom, Russia, Monte Video ... parliamentary speeches and papers, proclamations, orders in Council and of government boards, reports of law cases, translations of foreign documents (1838), posted on Internet Archive, on China pp.280-283 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 |
| Military |
see here China Relief Expedition 1900-1901, from Naval Historical Center |
| Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies : China;
Economic History of Premodern China, from Economic History Encyclopedia The Economic History and the Economy of China, by Thayer Watkins 350 Years of Chinese Textiles, by Robert Oliver Law, Commerce and Knowledge in 18th-20th Century China : An Institutional Perspective on "The Great Divergence", by Debin Ma Quantitative Growth, Qualitative Standstill : China's Economic Situation 1368-1800, Part 1, Part 2, Bibliography, by James Graham China's Growing Trade with European Ships 1517-1800, by James Graham 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 Philip R. Abbey, Treaty POrts and Extraterritoriality in 1920s China |
| 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 |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : China, from Kirken i Norge China, from The Jewish Virtual History Tour; China, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project China's Christian History, by Charles Homer Patron Saint Index : China Chinese Religions, from Overview of World Religions Lewis Hodus, Buddhism and Buddhists in China |
| History of Regions |
see History of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu,
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan,
Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan,
Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia,
Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin,
Liaoning, Manchuria,
Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi,
Shandong, Shansi, Sichuan,
Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang at this site Provinces of the PRC, Prefectures of the PRC, from www.statoids.com |
| History of Cities |
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 |
| Institutions |
Article Rail Transport in the PRC, from Wikipedia History of the Educational System of China, by D. Surowski Article Zongli Yamen, from Wikipedia Article Imperial Examinations, from Wikipedia |
| Bibliography |
Links : Books on Chinese History, from Asia Source Bibliography of Photo-Albums and Materials related to Photography in China and Tibet before 1949, by Thomas H. Hahn China Bibliography. Collection of Resources, posted by University of Maine at Farmington Studies of Modern Chinese History : Reviews and Essays Search ISBN Database for China Scholarship Editions |
| Others |
Backgrounder : Sino-British Relations, from Chinese Embassy London China, from Tram Views of Asia |
| Biographies |
List of Famous Chinese, from Wikipedia |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel) China, from Regnal Chronologies |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Sveriges beskickningschef i Kina, from Wikipedia Swedish edition;
List of U.S. Ambassadors to China, from NNDB
Embajadores de Mexico en China, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico |
| Population Figures |
China, from Population Statistics |
| Document Collections |
Links to sources, from UWashington Library Documents : China, from CEAS, from UCLA Center for East Asian Studies Internet East Asian History Sourcebook Chinese History Documents, from John Fairbank Memorial Chinese History Virtual Library Chinese History : Government Documents, posted by R.R. Wertz Verfassungen des Chinesischen Reichs, from verfassungen.de, texts of 1908 and 1911, in German Foreign Office (British) : Correspondence Respecting the Insurrectionary Movement in China (1901), posted on Internet Archive Search Scripophily for China Search Prassi Italiana di Dirito Internazionale, Indice delle leggi e degli altri atti normativi, for Cina, 55 entries, in Italian |
| Archives, Musea, Libraries |
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, 1 entry for Taiwan Libraries in China, from LibDex, 23 entries China Museums, indexed by province |
| National Symbols |
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 World Coin Catalogue : Ancient China |
| Stamps | China Stamps, Chinese States, from Sandafayre Stamp Library |
| Others |
Historical Chinese Postcard Project (Lyon);
China Postcard Collection Historic Postcards from China, Historic Stereoscopic Cards from China, posted by M.A. Martelli Historical Photographs Online (China), from Finding Images of East Asia at Harvard and Beyond (links) Photos of Bound Feet, posted by Jeff Bloom Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, from collect.at, commercial site |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Online Libraries |
Project Gutenberg, Online Catalogue;
Internet Archive NACRP Research Library |
| General Accounts |
Article China, pp.36-231 in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., Macropaedia, vol.16, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862n J.H. Gray, The Chinese Empire, Past and Present (1900), posted on Internet Archive S.W. Wells, The Middle Kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, and history of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants (1882), posted on Internet Archive J.A. Whitney, The Chinese, and the Chinese question (1888), posted on Internet Archive F.L.H. Pott, A Sketch of Chinese History (1908), posted on Internet Archive D.C. Boulger, History of China (1881), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive The Break-up of China: With an Account of Its Present Commerce, Currency, Waterways, Armies .. (1899), posted on Internet Archive |
| General History |
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 E.R. Lyman, Chronological Tables of the Chinese Dynasties: (From the Chow Dynasty to the Ch'ing Dynasty) (1900), posted on Internet Archive J. MacGowan, The imperial history of China, being a history of the empire as compiled by the Chinese historians (1906), posted on Internet Archive |
| Politics, Diplomacy |
W.F. Mayers, The Chinese Government: A Manual of Chinese Titles, Categorically Arranged .. (1886), posted on
Internet Archive 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 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 (U.S. Foreign Office), Treaties and agreements with and concerning China, 1894-1919; a collection of state papers, private agreements, and other documents, in reference to the rights and obligations of the Chinese Government in relation to foreign powers, and in reference to the interrelation of those powers in respect to China, during the period from the Sino-Japanese War to the conclusion of the World War of 1914-1919 (1921), posted on Internet Archive T. White, The war in the East : Japan, China, and Corea : a complete history of the war (1895), posted on Internet Archive B.L. Putnam Weale, Indiscreet Letters from Peking (1907), posted on Internet Archive |
| Economic, Social History |
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] 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 Finances . Ottomar Haupt, Währungs-Politik und Münz-Statistik, Berlin : Walther & Apolant 1884, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Ferner Osten J. Edkins, The revenue and taxation of the Chinese empire (1903), posted on Internet Archive Gold standard in international trade : report on the introduction of the gold-exchange standard into China, the Philippine Islands, Panama, and other slver-using countries, and on the stability of exchange (1905), posted on Internet Archive Treaty Ports . 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 Trade . 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 Tim Wright, Coal mining in China's economy and society, Cambridge : UP 1984 [B] |
| Social History |
U.S. Embassy in China, Progress of western education in China and Siam (1880), posted on
Internet Archive W.A.P. Martin, The Chinese: their education, philosophy, and letters (1881), posted on Internet Archive Edwin John Dingle, Across China on Foot: Life in the Interior and the Reform Movement (1911), posted on Internet Archive Yen Ching-Hwang, Coolies and Mandarins. China's Protection of Overseas Chinese during the Late Ch'ing Period (1851-1911), Singapore UP 1985 [G] |
| Specific Topics |
R.Ch. Jenkins, The Jesuits in China and the Legation of Cardinal de Tournon: An Examination of Conflicting .. (1884), posted on
Internet Archive Peking Gazette (1874), posted on Internet Archive Robert Hart, "These from the land of Sinim." Essays on the Chinese question (1901), posted on Internet Archive |
| Military History |
China, pp.103-158, in : Eric R. Wolf, Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, NY : Harper Torchbooks 1968 [G] 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 Taiping Rebellion Th.W. Blakiston, A. Barton, Five Months on the Yang-Tsze: And Notices of the Present Rebellions in China (1862), posted on Internet Archive J. Scarth, Twelve years in China; the people, the rebels, and the mandarins (1860), posted on Internet Archive J.M. Callery, History of the insurrection in China : with notices of the Christianity, creed, and proclamations of the insurgents (1853), posted on Internet Archive A. Wilson, The "ever-victorious Army,": A History of the Chinese Campaign Under Lt. Col. C. G. Gordon (1868), posted on Internet Archive 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 Arrow War 1856-1860 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 Sino-Japanese War . J. Inouye, A Concise history of the war between Japan and China (1895), posted on Internet Archive |
| Biographies |
J.O.P. Bland, Li Hung Chang (1917), posted on Internet Archive W.F. Mannix, Memoirs of Li Hung Chang (1913), posted on Internet Archive Li Hung-Chang's Scrap Book (1913), posted on Internet Archive R.K. Douglas, Li Hungchang (1895), posted on Internet Archive P.W. Sergeant, The Great Empress Dowager of China (1911), posted on Internet Archive J. Wardle, General Gordon, Saint and Soldier (1904), posted by Gutenberg Library Online J.M. MacKie, Life of Tai-ping-wang, chief of the Chinese insurrection (1857), posted on Internet Archive W. Ayers, Chang Chih-tung and Educational Reform in China, Cambridge MA : Harvard UP 1971 [G] |
| Sources |
John van Antwerp MacMurray, Treaties and agreements with and concerning China, 1894-1919; a collection of state papers, private agreements, and other documents,
in reference to the rights and obligations of the Chinese Government in relation to foreign powers, and in reference to the interrelation of those powers in respect to China,
during the period from the Sino-Japanese War to the conclusion of the World War of 1914-1919 (1921),
vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive W.F. Mayers, Treaties Between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers: Together with Regulations for .. 1877 edition, 1901 edition, posted on Internet Archive E. Hertslet, Treaties, &c., Between Great Britain and China: And Between China and Foreign Powers .. (1896), posted on Internet Archive K.F.A. Gützlaff (ed.), The life of Taou-kwang, late emperor of China: with memoirs of the court of Peking (1852), posted on Internet Archive |
| Atlasses |
Nathan Sivin (ed.), The Contemporary Atlas of China, Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1988 [G] Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory, Atlas of the 620 Typhoons 1893-1918 (1920), posted on Internet Archive |
| 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] |
