From contact to collision : Western women in China 1880-1900

Western narratives about China in the late nineteenth century are riddled with contestation and tension. This thesis explores the contradictory positions held by travel writers who insist that, whilst China is stagnating, the Chinese also act as a force of 'Yellow Peril' with the capacity...

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Main Author: McGovern, Catherine
Published: University of Reading 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494977