China's 1800s: Material and Visual Culture

“China’s 1800s: Material and Visual Culture is engaging, meticulously researched, and visually rich: an essential resource for scholars of Chinese history, art, and material culture that stands at the beginning of a research trend. It will, I’m sure, be consulted for many decades to come.” -The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter

Material and visual culture of China's long 19th century is understandably overshadowed by the traumatic warfare, land shortages, famines and uprisings which impact...