Identity area
Reference code
RAS China_Journal
Title
The China Journal
Date(s)
- 1923 - 1936 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
49 issues
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Digitized as part of a grant with the Humanities Research Center and Royal Asiatic Society.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Loaned for digitization from the Royal Asiatic Society Library in Shanghai.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection contains 49 issues of the _China Journal_, an English-language periodical focused on various aspects of Chinese life, culture, society, and natural history during a time of significant political, social, and cultural transformation in China.
The journal featured a wide range of topics, including anthropology, ethnography, political science, economics and trade, and agriculture among many others.
This collection is not a complete set of issues.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Royal Asiatic Society Library, Shanghai
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 (Subject)