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- catalog abstract ""Three men and three women - a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers - went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the Opium trade, 1842-1907. Their travel records and novels became a significant source of many of the West's impressions of that far-off land." "All of the writers had a degree of contemporary importance or fame and represented different views that lent significance to their writing about China. Robert Fortune, a horticulturalist, and Archibald Little, a merchant, represent travel and the business of empire. Constance Gordon Cumming, Henry Knollys, and Isabella Bird Bishop were adventure travelers. Alicia Little, wife and novelist, helpmeet and humanitarian, was a woman of empire." "Susan Schoenbauer Thurin's study of these writings presents a rich tapestry of impressions, biases, and cultural perspectives that inform our own understanding of the Victorians and their views of the world outside their own."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11312205.
- catalog coverage "China Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "China History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "China Relations Great Britain.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Relations China.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Three men and three women - a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers - went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the Opium trade, 1842-1907. Their travel records and novels became a significant source of many of the West's impressions of that far-off land." "All of the writers had a degree of contemporary importance or fame and represented different views that lent significance to their writing about China. Robert Fortune, a horticulturalist, and Archibald Little, a merchant, represent travel and the business of empire. Constance Gordon Cumming, Henry Knollys, and Isabella Bird Bishop were adventure travelers. Alicia Little, wife and novelist, helpmeet and humanitarian, was a woman of empire." "Susan Schoenbauer Thurin's study of these writings presents a rich tapestry of impressions, biases, and cultural perspectives that inform our own understanding of the Victorians and their views of the world outside their own."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Opening China -- pt. 1. Travel and the Business of Empire. 1. Gathering in China: Robert Fortune. 2. Westward the Course of Empire: Archibald John Little -- pt. 2. Globetrotters in China. 3. An Unbiased Stranger: Constance Gordon Cumming. 4. The Pen and the Sword: Major Henry Knollys. 5. In Search of Elysium: Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop) -- pt. 3. Women of Empire. 6. Orientalizing Feminism: Mrs. Archibald Little (A.E.N. Bewicke). Conclusion: An Opened China.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 253 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907.".
- catalog identifier "082141268X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Perss,".
- catalog relation "Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907.".
- catalog spatial "China Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "China History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "China Relations Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Relations China.".
- catalog subject "915.104/35 21".
- catalog subject "DS709 .T49 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Opening China -- pt. 1. Travel and the Business of Empire. 1. Gathering in China: Robert Fortune. 2. Westward the Course of Empire: Archibald John Little -- pt. 2. Globetrotters in China. 3. An Unbiased Stranger: Constance Gordon Cumming. 4. The Pen and the Sword: Major Henry Knollys. 5. In Search of Elysium: Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop) -- pt. 3. Women of Empire. 6. Orientalizing Feminism: Mrs. Archibald Little (A.E.N. Bewicke). Conclusion: An Opened China.".
- catalog title "Victorian travelers and the opening of China, 1842-1907 / Susan Schoenbauer Thurin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".