Welcome to China: Culture and Society

 

Spanning three centuries (c.1750-1929), China: Culture and Society makes available for the first time extremely rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library’s Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia, one of the oldest and most distinctive collections of its kind. The resource is full-text searchable, allowing for the collection to be comprehensively explored and studied. It also features a host of secondary resources, including scholarly essays, a chronology and content guides.

Nature and Scope

Find out more about the nature and scope of the documents included in China: Culture and Society.

Cornell University Library

Learn more about Cornell University Library, the home of the Wason Pamphlet Collection. 

Content Guides

Read brief introductions to some of the key topics and events covered in the Wason pamphlet collection.

Essays

Learn more about how to get the most out of China: Culture and Society with two introductory and contextual essays from academics. 

Chronology

Use this tailor-made chronology to explore the events that formed the backdrop against which the stories of China: Culture and Society unfold.

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