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The Chinese Boxers, The Public (June 16, 1900), an editorial that explains the Boxers' anti-foreign position by comparing it with anti-immigration and white supremacist movements in the United States and by asking Americans how they would react if foreign powers tried to divide their country into spheres of influence. The Chinese Situation, by Finley Peter Dunne, one of his satirical "Mr. The China Market, articles about China published in American magazines from the mid-1800s through the Boxer Uprising. Stereoscopic Visions of War and Empire BoondocksNet Editions Stereoscopic Visions of War and Empire, edited by Jim Zwick. .

His photographic record of the Second Opium War consisted of approximately one hundred images, including a number of panoramic views, which survive in the form of private albums originally compiled by British officers as a record of their victorious campaign. One such album, now in the collection of Jane and Michael Wilson, is presented here. In addition to providing a strikingly beautiful glimpse of nineteenth-century China, these images also reveal how photography functioned as an integral component of British imperialism by shaping perceptions about a distant country and its culture. Essayist David Harris provides an overview of Beatos work in China, and his extensive catalog notes describe and contextualize each of the photographs. Van Slyke taught modern Chinese history at Stanford University until his retirement in 1994.

Today those views are a perfect source of photographic documentation for the last half of the 19th century. - Further stereoviews can be found on my page about amber inclusions. - - Click to the thumbnails to see the views at larger size and try various stereographic methods - Destroyed Joss House China 1858, Opium war. This view, published by Negretti and Zambra, was probably taken by Felice Beato and shows a destroyed Joss house. Group of a Chinese Lady and Attendants China 1860s (Felice Beato .

They made some of the first war photographs as well as taking scenic pictures in Greece, Turkey and Egypt. Beato then travelled to India, where he photographed the Indian Mutiny as well as many landscape and architectural views. He was the first photographer known to have visited China, and also made many pictures in Japan. If you like Felice (and Antonio) Beato, you may also enjoy. Elsewhere on the web Felice Beato - Postcards21 pictures from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Felice Antonio Beato San Francisco Fine Art Museums - two pictures Felice Beato - Korea FELICE BEATO AND THE UNITED EXPEDITION TO KOREA OF 1871.
A site I really like: http://www.talesofoldchina.com/

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