New Resource: 19th Century British Pamphlets

Historical pamphlets are important, but hard-to-find primary sources that shed light on the key political, social, and environmental issues of the period when they were produced.

The JStor collection brings together over 20,000 pamphlets from seven U.K. insitutions, and is of great research value to scholars and students who study the socio-political and economic landscape of the 19th-century Britain. Of course, because of the interwovenness of the relationship between Britain and East Asia (esp. China) during the 19th century, the collection offers rich historical information on topics such as the Opium War, trade issues between Asia and Britain, and so on. Below is a selected list of pamphlets devoted to issues surrounding China, which is used just to showcase the collection's relevance to EAS:


Title:Considerations on the danger of laying open the trade with India and China: including an examination of the objections commonly urged against the East India Company's commercial and financial management.
Author(s):Cossim
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1812)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60248474

Title:Sketch of a voyage to the India and China seas, including Japan and the Pacific islands, for the purposes of commerce,-improvement,-and discovery,-combined
Author(s):Buckingham, James Silk
Source:Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection,(1830)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60239304

Title:Chinese monopoly examined.
Author(s):Crawfurd, John
Source:Hume Tracts,(1830)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213131

Title:Observations on the influence of the East India Company's monopoly on the price and supply of tea, and on the commerce with India, China, etc.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1831)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60211979

Title:A Letter to Lord Althorp, on the China trade: occasioned by an article in the "Edinburgh Review," No. CIV.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1833)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212123

Title:Lecture on the nature and structure of the Chinese language, delivered at University College
Author(s):Kidd, Samuel
Source:Hume Tracts,(1838)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213143

Title:Opium crisis: a letter addressed to Charles Elliot, Esq., chief superintendent of the British trade with China
Author(s):American merchant
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1839)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60235738

Title:Opium: the opium trade with China, its effects, etc.
Source:LSE Selected Pamphlets,(1839)
Contributor(s): LSE Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60222721

Title:British opium trade with China.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1839)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212219

Title:A voice for China: which must be heard, demonstrating that the war with China arises out of our British national opium smuggling, and protesting against such war or reprisals, as bringing upon this nation the guilt and punishment of robbery, piracy, and murder! ;to my countrymen, the Government and my Church
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101277

Title:Corrected report of the speech of Sir George Staunton, on Lord Ashley's motion on the China trade, in the House of Commons, April 7, 1840: with an appendix, containing resolutions on the China trade, moved in the House of Commons, June 13, 1833.
Author(s):Staunton, George Thomas
Source:Hume Tracts,(1840)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212995

Title:A digest of the despatches on China (including those received on the 27th of March): with a connecting narrative and comments.
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60244305

Title:The Rupture with China, and its causes, including the opium question, and other important details: in a letter to Lord Viscount Palmerston
Author(s):A Resident in China
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60100409

Title:Report on the progress of the culture of the China tea plant in the Himalayas: from 1835 to 1847
Author(s):Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes)
Source:Hume Tracts,(1849)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60204485

Title:Our policy in China, or, A glance at the past, present, and future of China in its foreign relations and commerce.
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1858)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60232626

Title:The new quarrel in China: a statement drawn from the official documents.
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1859)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101251

Title:The Taeping Rebellion in China: its origin, progress, and present condition, in a series of letters ... ; with an appendix
Author(s):Sykes, William Henry
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1863)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101364

Title:Our interests in China: a letter to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G.
Author(s):Lay, Horatio N.
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1864)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60245202

Title:The population and revenue of China
Author(s):Parker, Edward Harper
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1897)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60237006
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