Trial access to Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia (Adam Matthew)
By Sarah Gilmore, on 24 May 2018
UCL has trial access to Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia until 21st June 2018. To access off-site please use Desktop@UCL Anywhere. Please note that PDF download options are not available during the trial.
Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia is a primary source database which features a varied array of records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, from the mid-seventeenth century to the late twentieth century, offering Western perspectives on all aspects of Chinese culture and society.
Highlights include:
- British government records covering economic development in China and its neighbours, 1950-1980
- Correspondence from the Macartney Embassy, the first British diplomatic mission to China, 1892-94
- The diaries, notebooks and published writings of Rewi Alley (1897-1987), New Zealand educator and industrial organiser in communist China
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