The romance of China: excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright and Permissions
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
  • [Intro]
  • A Trip through China
  • The Forbidden City
  • Assembling a Chinese Collection
  • Constructing China in Pennsylvania
  • America's First Chinese Exhibit
  • Decadence and Demise
  • Conclusion
• 2 Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
  • [Intro]
  • Chinese Export Porcelain
  • The Willow Pattern
  • Watercolors on Pith
  • The Real China?
  • Travelers Weigh In
  • Conclusion
• 3 Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
  • [Intro]
  • The Chinese Lady
  • The Tea Trade
  • Printed Advertisements
  • Tea-Store Displays
  • Human Displays in Tea Stores
  • The End of the Romantic Era
  • Conclusion
• 4 China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
  • [Intro]
  • The Gamble
  • An Idea Germinates
  • Collection Methodology
  • Building the Chinese Museum in Philadelphia
  • "A Panoramic Pageant of Oriental Life"
  • Learning through Objects
  • Responses to the Exhibit
  • The Exhibit in England
  • Conclusion
• 5 A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the Chinese Junk Keying
  • [Intro]
  • From China to New York
  • Early Reception in New York
  • China Downgraded
  • The Barnumization of China
  • A Scuffle, an Arrest, and a Date in Court
  • From New York to Boston to London
  • Conclusion
• 6 God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
  • [Intro]
  • The Early Years
  • The China Mission
  • Pride: Internal and External
  • The Battering Ram of God
  • Heading Home
  • A New Mission in America
  • Converting Americans through Lectures
  • The Middle Kingdom
  • Religious Goals, Scientific Means
  • The Magic Bullet
  • Conclusion
• 7 The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
  • [Intro]
  • Preparations
  • Cushing and Peters in China
  • The Chinese Museum
  • Responses to the Museum
  • "He is an enterprising fellow"
  • George West in China
  • The Chinese Panorama
  • Conclusion
• 8 The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
  • [Intro]
  • An Instantaneous Ethnography
  • Touring China during the Taiping Rebellion
  • "I Am Carried from Place to Place in Triumph"
  • Japan and China Compared
  • Conclusion
• 9 Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
  • [Intro]
  • Gathering, Transporting, Assembling
  • The Importance of Clothes
  • A Wall around China
  • Through the Gateway
  • The Mandarin and the Machine
  • The Exhibitors Become the Exhibits
  • Flirting with Boundaries
  • Chinese Yankees
  • Conclusion
• Conclusion
• Notes
  • Introduction
  • 1. Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
  • 2. Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
  • 3. Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
  • 4. China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
  • 5. A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the ChineseJunk Keying
  • 6. God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
  • 7. The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
  • 8. The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
  • 9. Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
  • Conclusion
• Bibliography
  • Primary Sources
    • Archives, Libraries, and Collections
    • Newspapers
    • Journals and Magazines
    • Books
  • Secondary Sources
    • Journal Articles
    • Books
• About the Author