{"id":280,"date":"2016-07-21T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=280"},"modified":"2016-08-02T08:22:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T08:22:56","slug":"new-library-resources-for-chinese-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2016\/07\/21\/new-library-resources-for-chinese-history\/","title":{"rendered":"New Library resources for Chinese history"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to let you know that the Library has recently purchased two new primary source databases looking at Chinese and Asian history. These are China: Culture and Society<\/strong><\/em> and a new collection of files covering 1938-1948 from Foreign Office Files for China<\/strong><\/em>. So if this is an area you are interested in then read on.<\/p>\n

You can access both databases via the Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Foreign Office Files for China, 1938-1948: Open Door, Japanese war and the seeds of communist victory<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Foreign Office Files for China<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>provides access to the digitised archive of British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Library had already purchased access to the files covering the period 1949-1980, broadly covering the Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.<\/p>\n

The Library has now purchased the files covering 1938-1948 to enlarge access to this fascinating resource. The files from this period are particularly rich in material on China’s war with Japan, which proved vital for Mao and the Communists\u2019 long-term success. However, other topics covered by these files include the ‘Open Door’ policy, the North China Incident (1938), p<\/span>ost-war relations between Communist China and Hong Kong, anti-British propaganda, The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and more.<\/p>\n

This was a period of significant turmoil and upheaval in China and Foreign Office Files for China<\/strong><\/em> gives access to formerly restricted British government documents including diverse materials such as diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, reports of court cases, biographies of leading personalities and summaries of events.<\/p>\n

Access the database via the Databases A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

China: Culture and Society<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Covering the period c.1750-1929 this database makes available for the first time extremely rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library\u2019s Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia.<\/p>\n

Mostly in English this collection contains around 1,200 items in 220 bound volumes and these pamphlets form part of one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. The pamphlets have all been digitised in colour, many are illustrated and feature beautiful cover art. The collection is full-text searchable.
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\n<\/span>Annual reports, catalogues, exams, guides, journals, lecture notes, letters, minutes of meetings and speeches are just some of the types of material that you will find in the collection. And themes covered by the collection include education, emigration, the foreign presence, missionaries, wars, rebellion, reform, opium, healthcare and language.<\/p>\n

Access the database via the Databases A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Access to both of these databases is only available to current staff and students at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Caroline Stirling – Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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