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The Far East
Detailed and comprehensive, this 1905 guide for travellers provides a fascinating insight into Asiatic culture and landscape.
Mount Omi and Beyond
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Five Brothers in India
A compelling new book that combines personal memoir, family history, and an exploration of colonial life in India during the 19th century. Divided into three distinct parts, this unique narrative weaves together the author's reflections on life, an insightful study of the Balliol family, and the incredible stories of five brothers who all served in British India. Opening his book with a personal account, John Baillie takes readers on a journey through his life experiences as a naval aviator and then successful businessman. In the second section, Baillie delves into the remarkable history of his own family, particularly focusing on their connection to India. The Balliol family's Scottish heri...
Singing on the River
Singing on the River by Igor Chabrowski, based on Sichuan boatmen’s work songs (haozi), explores the little known world of mentality and self-representation of Chinese workers from the late 19th century until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937). Chabrowski demonstrates how river workers constructed and interpreted their world, work, and gender in context of the dissolving social, cultural, and political orders. Boatmen asserted their own values, bemoaned exploitation, and imagined their sexuality largely in order to cope with their low social status. Through studying the Sichuan boatmen we gain an insight into the ways in which twentieth-century nonindustrial Chinese workers imagined their place in the society and appropriated, without challenging them, the traditional values.
The Medical Register
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The Navy List
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The Navy List
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Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Contains list of members.
A Floating Chinaman
Who gets to speak for China? During the interwar years, when American condescension toward “barbarous” China yielded to a fascination with all things Chinese, a circle of writers sparked an unprecedented public conversation about American-Chinese relations. Hua Hsu tells the story of how they became ensnared in bitter rivalries over which one could claim the title of America’s leading China expert. The rapturous reception that greeted The Good Earth—Pearl Buck’s novel about a Chinese peasant family—spawned a literary market for sympathetic writings about China. Stories of enterprising Americans making their way in a land with “four hundred million customers,” as Carl Crow sai...
