Research Guides: HIST/EALC 295: China in the World, 1895-1921 (HC): Relevant Books

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a title search in the Tripod Catalog to find some relevant material and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

republic* china AND "20th century" [Subjects]

china social conditions 1912-1949 [Exact Subject Heading]

(occupied OR imperial OR colon* OR western*) [Keyword] AND (china history 1912*) [Subject] Limited to titles published 2000-2022

(shanghai china "20th century") [Subject] AND politic*[Keyword]

** Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your research interest.

WorldCat
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A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide. Also includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Some digital titles are available open access from links in WorldCat.
WorldCat is an important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 500 million title records owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan. Use the orange Find IT button to place requests.

Borrowing beyond the Tri-Co
1. E-Z Borrow - Request books that are not available in Tripod. It usually takes three days or less for E-Z Borrow books to arrive.
2. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Request books not in E-Z Borrow. They can come in as little as four or five days. Also use ILL to request films, dissertations, sound recordings, and other materials.
3. Articles - Request journal articles not available in your college library. You will receive digital copies of the articles in your email sometimes as quickly as the following day.

Tripod Library Catalog
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-Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges each have their own Tripod catalog.
-Use Tripod to find relevant scholarship owned by your home library as well as print resources at the other two schools.
-To see digital material owned only by BMC, use the BMC Tripod link (tripod.brynmawr.edu). You will need to be on the BMC campus in order to access those digital resources.
-Change the resource group on the search bar to limit results to specific materials like books and films.
-Use the Request link in an item's record to have it delivered to the library of your choice .
-Note that you need to log into Tripod in order to see the Request link. If you are already in Tripod, use the Sign In link at the top of every page to log in.

Photography and Art books

There are many photography and art books about China from this period. Here are some tips for finding them.

Select "Books and More" from Tripod before conducting your search so that journal articles will be excluded.

Consider search terms such as "Photography" AND "China" AND "history"

Some results are below.

The Chinese Photobook by Martin Parr (Compiled by); WassinkLundgren; Gu Zheng; Raymond Lum; Ruben Lundgren; Stephanie H. Tung; Gerry Badger
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ISBN: 9781597112284
Publication Date: 2015-06-23
In the last decade there has been a major reappraisal of the role and status of the photobook within the history of photography. Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the medium's culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a handful of Chinese books have made it onto historians' short lists. Yet China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and The Chinese Photobook will reveal for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. This deluxe, lavishly produced volume is based on a collection compiled by Martin Parr and Beijing- and London-based Dutch photographer team WassinkLundgren. And while the collection was inspired initially by Parr's interest in propaganda books and in finding key works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution era, the selection of books includes key volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary volumes by emerging Chinese photographers.
Brush and Shutter by Jeffrey W. Cody (Editor); Frances Terpak (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781606060544
Publication Date: 2011-03-08
Photography was introduced to China in the 1840s through the West's engagement in the Opium Wars and the subsequent reforms of Chinese statesmen. As a result, traditional modes of expression were dramatically transformed. Uncovered here is a captivating visual history of China during photography's first century, from the late Qing period to Republican Shanghai and wartime Chongqing. Chinese export painters learned and adapted the medium of photography by grafting the new technology onto traditional artistic conventions--employing both brush and shutter. Ultimately, both Chinese and Western photographers were witnesses to and agents of dynamic cultural change. The essays in this volume shed new light on the birth of a medium. Jeffrey Cody and Frances Terpak, together with Edwin Lai, discuss the medium's evolution, commercialization, and dissemination; Wu Hung examines the invention of a portrait style through the lens of Milton Miller; Sarah Fraser investigates how this style shaped China's national image; and Wen-hsin Yeh addresses the camera's role in Republican Shanghai and wartime Chongqing. The catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the J. Paul Getty Museum from February 8 to May 1, 2011.
Shadow Modernism by William Schaefer
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ISBN: 0822372525
Publication Date: 2017-09-29
William Schaefer traces how early twentieth century photographic practices in Shanghai provided artists, writers, and intellectuals a forum within which to debate culture, ethnicity, history, and the very nature of images, thereby showing how artists and writers used such practices to make visible the shadows of modernity in Shanghai.
Zooming In by Wu Hung
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ISBN: 9781780235998
Publication Date: 2016-10-15
From the first sets of photographic records made by Western travelers to doctored portraits of Chairman Mao and the avant-garde photographic performances of the post-Cultural Revolution era, photography in China has followed divergent paths. In this book, Wu Hung explores the multiple histories of photographic production in China, using them to tell a larger story about China's shifting sociopolitical contexts and the different agendas, technologies, and aesthetics that have helped define its arts. At the center of the book is a large question: how has photography represented China and its people, its collective history and memory as well as the diversity of Chinese artists who have striven for creative expression? To address this question, the author offers an in-depth study of selected photographers, themes, and movements in Chinese photography from 1860 to the present, covering a wide range of genres, including portraiture, photojournalism, architectural and landscape photography, and conceptual photography. Beautifully illustrated, this book offers a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of an important photographic history.

Books on Chinese art are plentiful, so specifying the time period in Tripod will narrow your search down. For example, in the advanced search option, you can choose [Subject] contains "Chinese art" AND [Title] contains "20th Century." (Tripod will search for 20th century and twentieth century) Here are some results.

A History of Art in 20th Century China by Lu Peng; Fan Jingzhong (Preface by); Bruce G. Doar (Preface by)
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ISBN: 9788881587797
Publication Date: 2010-10-31
In Lü Peng's A History of Art in 20th Century China, we at last possess a comprehensive and definitive account of the extraordinary development of Chinese art in the last century, written by its foremost expert. In over 1,200 pages of fully illustrated close analysis, Lü Peng traces the evolution of modern Chinese art, tackling its emergence not only in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, but also in such important expat centers as Paris and Tokyo. Among the many artists encountered en route are Huang Yongping, Gu Wenda, Xu Bing, Zhang Xiaogang, Wang Guangyi, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Zhou Chunya and over 200 other artists.
A Century in Crisis by Julia F. Andrews; Kuiyi Shen; Jonathan D. Spence (Contribution by)
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ISBN: 0810969092
Publication Date: 1998-09-30
Since 1850, China has undergone urban industrialization, conquest by foreign powers, civil wars, changing governments, and an opening to the international community. This period has also seen artistic experimentation and innovation.
Selling Happiness by Ellen Johnston Laing
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ISBN: 9780824827649
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
A visually appealing and richly illustrated work describing the origin and evolution of modern commercial art in China.