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050 4 _aPR830.C513 .C446 2016
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100 1 _aChen, Shih-Wen.
245 1 0 _aRepresentations of China in British Children's Fiction, 1851-1911.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bTaylor & Francis Group,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (197 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aStudies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present Series
505 0 _aCover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Chinese Romanization -- 1 A Kaleidoscope of Knowledge: Children, Knowledge, and China in Victorian and Edwardian Britain -- 2 Exploring the Celestial Kingdom: William Dalton and Anne Bowman's Vision of China -- 3 From Comic Trickster to Brilliant Detective: E. Harcourt Burrage's 'Immortal' Ching-Ching -- 4 Heroes and Hostile Hordes: Representing the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) -- 5 China Against the Allies: Interpreting the Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) -- Conclusion: Quilts and Kaleidoscopes: Visions of China in the Literary Imagination -- Appendix: Timeline -- Works Cited -- Index.
520 _aIn her exploration of China in British children's literature, Shih-Wen Chen considers travelogue storybooks, historical novels, adventure stories and periodicals to demonstrate the diversity of images of China in the Victorian and Edwardian imagination. Her book provides a new context for understanding how China was constructed and sheds light on British cultural history and on the history and uses of children's literature.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aChildren's stories, English-History and criticism.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aChen, Shih-Wen
_tRepresentations of China in British Children's Fiction, 1851-1911
_dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013
_z9781409447351
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aStudies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5207755
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