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The romance of China: excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876
John Rogers Haddad
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
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[Intro]
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A Trip through China
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The Forbidden City
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Assembling a Chinese Collection
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Constructing China in Pennsylvania
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America's First Chinese Exhibit
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Decadence and Demise
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Conclusion
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2 Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
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[Intro]
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Chinese Export Porcelain
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The Willow Pattern
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Watercolors on Pith
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The Real China?
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Travelers Weigh In
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Conclusion
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3 Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
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[Intro]
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The Chinese Lady
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The Tea Trade
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Printed Advertisements
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Tea-Store Displays
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Human Displays in Tea Stores
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The End of the Romantic Era
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Conclusion
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4 China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
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[Intro]
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The Gamble
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An Idea Germinates
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Collection Methodology
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Building the Chinese Museum in Philadelphia
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"A Panoramic Pageant of Oriental Life"
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Learning through Objects
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Responses to the Exhibit
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The Exhibit in England
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Conclusion
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5 A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the Chinese Junk Keying
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[Intro]
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From China to New York
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Early Reception in New York
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China Downgraded
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The Barnumization of China
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A Scuffle, an Arrest, and a Date in Court
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From New York to Boston to London
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Conclusion
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6 God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
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[Intro]
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The Early Years
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The China Mission
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Pride: Internal and External
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The Battering Ram of God
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Heading Home
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A New Mission in America
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Converting Americans through Lectures
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The Middle Kingdom
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Religious Goals, Scientific Means
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The Magic Bullet
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Conclusion
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7 The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
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[Intro]
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Preparations
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Cushing and Peters in China
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The Chinese Museum
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Responses to the Museum
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"He is an enterprising fellow"
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George West in China
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The Chinese Panorama
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Conclusion
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8 The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
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[Intro]
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An Instantaneous Ethnography
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Touring China during the Taiping Rebellion
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"I Am Carried from Place to Place in Triumph"
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Japan and China Compared
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Conclusion
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9 Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
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[Intro]
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Gathering, Transporting, Assembling
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The Importance of Clothes
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A Wall around China
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Through the Gateway
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The Mandarin and the Machine
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The Exhibitors Become the Exhibits
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Flirting with Boundaries
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Chinese Yankees
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Introduction
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1. Xanadu: An Envoy at the Throne of a Monarch
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2. Romantic Domesticity: A Chinese World Invented at Home
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3. Pursuing the China Effect: A Country Described through Marketing
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4. China in Miniature: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
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5. A Floating Ethnology: The Strange Voyage of the ChineseJunk Keying
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6. God's China: The Middle Kingdom of Samuel Wells Williams
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7. The Cultural Fruits of Diplomacy: A Chinese Museum and Panorama
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8. The Ugly Face of China: Bayard Taylor's Travels in Asia
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9. Traditional China and Chinese Yankees: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Primary Sources
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Archives, Libraries, and Collections
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Newspapers
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Journals and Magazines
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Books
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Secondary Sources
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Journal Articles
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Books
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About the Author
HEB Id | Title | Authors | Publication Information |
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Ten thousand things on China and the Chinese: being a picture of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the celestial empire. | Barnum, P. T. | J.S. Redfield, 1850. | |
Ten Thousand Things Chinese: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection in Philadelphia. | Dunn, Nathan. | 1839. |
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Published: 2007
Publisher: Columbia University Press
- 9780231130943 (hardcover)
- 9780231504041 (ebook)