The First British Trade Expedition to China Dr Jos van Iwaarden

The First British Trade Expedition to China Dr Jos van IwaardenIn The First British Trade Expedition to China, Nicholas D. Jackson explores the pioneering British trade expedition to China launched in the late Ming period by Charles I and the Courteen Association. While utilizing the vivid and unique perspective of its commander, Captain John Weddell, this study concentrates on the fleets adventures in south China between Portuguese Macao and the provincial capital, Guangzhou (Canton). Tracing the obscure origins

identical twin brothers unexpectedly trade places

Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo presents a compelling and timely reading of crime fiction in the age of #MeToo

Queering Motherhood articulates a provocative philosophy of queer kinship that need not be rooted in lesbian or gay sexual identities

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A sustained and systematic attempt to draw together political and historical scholarship on the Sunningdale experiment and the Ulster Workers' Council strike (1973-4) in Northern Ireland

terrifying parents

followed by studies on the legal status and economic roles of non-royal women and

along with its delightful elements of romance

and ability to move and change

Traumatized with memories of the war

including instrumentation and modeling methods for both laboratory and in-situ sensing

such as Bhimsen Saksena and the witty Anand Ram Mukhlis