China Studies
Cross-searchable access to primary sources spanning three centuries of history, literature, trade and the international affairs of China.
From the 1800s to the modern era, this cross-searchable platform brings together three Adam Matthew Digital collections of rare printed books, pamphlets, manuscripts, diaries, newspapers and periodicals. These are supported by a range of incredible art works, illustrations and photographs.
China Studies enables scholars and students to maximise their research and teaching opportunities across multiple disciplines with a vast array of unique English language material.
Key Data
Products Included
Period Covered
- 18th to 20th Century
Key Benefits
- Access to hundreds of thousands of pages of primary source documents within a single user interface
- Cross-searchable across collections, no need for multiple sign-ins
- Theme-based to aid students? navigation around the contents
- Unbeatable value allowing institutions to obtain multiple titles and key primary source content in a single purchase
Source Archives
- American Philosophical Society (APS)
- Boston Athenaeum
- Bridgeman Art Library
- California Historical Society
- Cambridge University Library
- Council for World Missions Library
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Hawaiian Historical Society
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
- The British Library, London
- The National Archives, UK
- The School of Oriental and African Studies, London
- The Wason Pamphlet Collection, Cornell University
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, San Diego
- Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- Yale Divinity Library
Material Types
- Addresses and speeches
- Annual reports
- Assessments
- Catalogues
- Correspondence
- Ephemera, including Clipper ship cards
- Essays
- Examinations
- Guides and manuals
- Illustrations
- Inquiries and studies
- Journals
- Lecture notes
- Letters
- Magazine articles
- Manuscript sources, including family and business papers of merchants, shipping dynasties, shipbuilders, shipmasters and supercargoes
- Maps
- Meeting minutes
- Notes and records
- Objects
- Official Papers
- Periodicals
- Personal accounts
- Photographs
- Printed books
- Rare newspapers
- Rare printed books
- Ships' Logs (valuable records of commodities and trading information)
Subjects
- Chinese-American Cultural Exchange
- Development of Hawaii as Trading Post
- Diplomacy and Politics of American and the ‘Far East’
- Early Commercial Development of US Cities (New York, Boston, etc)
- Education
- Exploration and Travel
- Faith and Philosophy
- Foreign Relations and Diplomacy
- Fur Trade in the Pacific Northwest
- General Histories and Surveys
- Governance
- International Conflict and Invasion
- Language and Writing
- Leisure and Pastimes
- Literature, Poetry and Folklore
- Missionaries and Christianity
- Old China Trade
- Opium Wars
- Opium: Trade, Consumption, Policy
- Rebellion and Revolution
- Russo-Japanese War
- Science, Medicine and Health
- The Chinese Diaspora
- The Foreign Presence in China
- The Great Leap Forward
- The Natural World
- Trade, Industry and Commerce
- Transportation and Communication