An information war waged by merchants and missionaries at Canton : the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China, 1834-1839

• Main Author: Chen, Songchuan.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95298; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8937; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8724415
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores the efforts and impact of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China (1834–1839), which existed during the five years before the First Opium War. It contends that the Society represented a third form of British engagement with the Chinese, alongside the diplomatic...