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Focus Asia: A brief look at China and the Modern World - Masaki Morisawa & Liping Yang

China and the Modern World is a series of digital archive collections sourced from preeminent libraries and archives across the world, including the Second Historical Archives of China and the British Library. The series covers a period of about 180 years (1800s to 1980s) when China experienced radical and often traumatic transformations from an inward-looking imperial dynasty into a globally engaged republic. Consisting of monographs, manuscripts, periodicals, correspondence and letters, historical photos, ephemera, and other kinds of historical documents, these collections provide excellent primary source materials for the understanding and research of the various aspects of China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as diplomacy/international relations, economy/trade, politics, Christianity, sinology, education, science and technology, imperialism, and globalization.

Please note: China and the Modern World is available in eight parts (Part 9 will be released in December 2024). Your institution may have access to all, some, or only one of these parts. To confirm, check with your instructor or librarian.

Diplomacy and Political Secrets, 1869–1950
Hong Kong, Britain, and China, Part I: 1841–1951
Hong Kong, Britain, and China, Part II: 1965–1993
Imperial China and the West, Part I: 1815–1881
Imperial China and the West, Part II: 1865–1905
Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals, 1817–1949
Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China, 1854–1949
Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955
Regional China and the West 1830s-1950s (Available in December 2024)