New resource: Si Ku Quan Shu Si Ku Quan Shu（四库全书）is the main collection of Chinese pre-modern texts from antiquity up to 18th Century. It includes more than 3,400 Chinese works in the fields of classics, hist… more »

America, Asia and the West: Edward S Morse (1838-1925) devoted much of his life to documenting daily life in Japan before it was transformed by Western modernization. In addition to preserving the household records of a samurai family and many accounts… more »

Eighteenth Century Journals I&II contains full text with images of rare journals printed between 1693 and 1799 in England and Scotland, combining major publications with more ephemeral works to underline the broad variety of eighteenth century prin… more »

China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980: This is unique manuscript material relating to the activities and observations of British and American diplomats, missionaries, business people and tourists in China from 1793 to 1980, together with rare pe… more »