A sketch of Chinese history, ancient and modern : comprising a retrospect of the foreign intercourse and trade with China
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A sketch of Chinese history, ancient and modern : comprising a retrospect of the foreign intercourse and trade with China
- Publication date
- 1834
- Topics
- chinese, emperor, imperial, trade, great, canton, ships, mandarins, merchants, viceroy, chinese government, great number, foreign intercourse, security merchants, east india, celestial empire, great numbers, imperial majesty, public domain, great deal, Commerce, China -- History, China -- Commerce -- History, China
- Publisher
- London : Smith, Elder and Co.
- Collection
- americana
- Book from the collections of
- Harvard University
- Language
- English
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2 volumes (viii, 436; v, 463 pages; [11] folded leaves of plates) : 22 cm
China is daily becoming more and more an object of interest and curiosity to European nations, in proportion as commerce, the fore-runner, if not the cause, of all improvement.in the arts of civilization, discloses its resources, and sheds new light on the character and intellectual cultivation of its inhabitants. Hitherto, the remoteness of its situation with respect to Britain, and the rude, inhospitable nature of its policy toward strangers, have concurred in perpetuating the erroneous impressions created by travelers imperfectly informed, or prone to exaggeration. Among the unfounded notions sedulously propagated by the advocates of arbitrary power, is the opinion that this vast empire, the government of which may be regarded as the beau ideal of despotism, has been torn by fewer revolutions and civil wars than the free states of the West; and that its military power is a kind of colossus, fabricated by the wisdom of ages, which no force or policy that could be exerted by any European nation would suffice to overthrow.--Amazon.com
2 volumes (viii, 436; v, 463 pages; [11] folded leaves of plates) : 22 cm
China is daily becoming more and more an object of interest and curiosity to European nations, in proportion as commerce, the fore-runner, if not the cause, of all improvement.in the arts of civilization, discloses its resources, and sheds new light on the character and intellectual cultivation of its inhabitants. Hitherto, the remoteness of its situation with respect to Britain, and the rude, inhospitable nature of its policy toward strangers, have concurred in perpetuating the erroneous impressions created by travelers imperfectly informed, or prone to exaggeration. Among the unfounded notions sedulously propagated by the advocates of arbitrary power, is the opinion that this vast empire, the government of which may be regarded as the beau ideal of despotism, has been torn by fewer revolutions and civil wars than the free states of the West; and that its military power is a kind of colossus, fabricated by the wisdom of ages, which no force or policy that could be exerted by any European nation would suffice to overthrow.--Amazon.com
- Addeddate
- 2008-08-25 03:37:39
- Associated-names
- Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher; Stewart and Co., printer
- Copyright-region
- US
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- asketchchineseh00gtgoog
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t51g0w41b
- Lccn
- 05003533
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.14
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL6951179M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL6373742W
- Page_number_confidence
- 89.04
- Pages
- 520
- Possible copyright status
- NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Scandate
- 20051003000000
- Scanner
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 2760179
- Year
- 1834
- Full catalog record
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