Earnshaw Books imprint: 82 books
by Peter Parley
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Filled with a whimsical sense of humor and fantastic fables of faraway lands, this book, originally written for children, offers a Western perspective on China in the mid-19th century. Using vivid detail and excellent cartoons, it demonstrates the clash between the Marco Polo–inspired view of a...
Justice by Gunboat
Warlords and Lawlords: The Making of Modern China and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
War, riots, rebellion, sedition, corruption, assassinations, murder, infidelity, and even a failed hanging. These were just some of the many challenges faced by the British and American courts that operated in China, Japan and Korea for close to a 100 years. Established in the mid 19th Century under...
by Christopher New
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Franziska Goldmann, an opera singer fallen on hard times, has become the star courtesan in 19th century Hong Kong. A chance encounter with Queen Victoria’s musical second son seems to offer Franziska an opportunity to resume her career as a singer. But, it is the other unpredictable characters in...
Tales of Old Batavia
Treasures From the Big Durian
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
The city of Jakarta, today the capital of Indonesia, has had other incarnations and other names, most notably as the regional headquarters of the Dutch East Indies when it was known around the world as Batavia. As the capital of the Netherlands’ highly unlikely empire in the far east of Asia, Batavia...
Lost China
Travel Classics from the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Foreign adventurers have been tramping around China for centuries, and this book presents some of the best of the stories from the dozens of travel memoirs published, particularly in the golden era of the late nineteenth century. These accounts, abridged and explained, concentrate on the gripping...
by The Royal Asiatic Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, China branch. 2013 edition.
by The Royal Asiatic Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society China, based in Shanghai. This is the first volume of the revived series, after a break of more than 60 years.
Black in China
A Black man experiences racism - in China and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Black in China tells the dynamic story of Aaron A. Vessup, a Black American teacher who, after decades of living in the shadow of America's racism, makes the radical decision to travel 8,000 miles to find a new future as an educator in China. Aaron's story spans the gulf between the crooked streets...
Tales of Old Manila
Memories from the Past of Asia's Most Colorful City
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Manila, and the Philippine islands beyond it, has a rich history, filled with Spanish galleons, Japanese invaders, killer volcanoes, and a host of colorful characters and incidents that make the city a must-visit destination. The influence of the Catholic Church and of Islam, the Spanish and American...
The Republican Party and the Rise of China
How an American political Party Helped Create Modern China
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
No man - or country - is an island, and China's emergence over the past two centuries was not solely the product of internal actions. In this ground-breaking study, David Petriello argues that out of all the catalyzing influences in the creation of modern China, none was more vital than the Republican...
Shanghai Lawyer
The Memoirs of America's China Spymaster, Annotated, Illustrated and Embellished by Douglas Clark
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Diplomat, lawyer, judge, soldier, spy, spymaster – just some of the positions American Norwood Allman, held in his 30 plus years in China. Shanghai Lawyer is Allman's first-hand account of his amazing life, from his arrival as a student interpreter during WWI, to serving as a Chinese and Mexican...
Gunboat Justice Volume 2
British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (18421943)
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Foreign gunboats forced China, Japan and Korea to open to the outside world in the mid-19th century. The treaties signed included rules forbidding local courts from trying foreigners; or, “extraterritoriality”. Britain and the United States established consular courts in all three countries and,...
Gunboat Justice Volume 1
British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (18421943)
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Foreign gunboats forced China, Japan and Korea to open to the outside world in the mid-19th century. The treaties signed included rules forbidding local courts from trying foreigners; or, "extraterritoriality." Britain and the United States established consular courts in all three countries...
Gunboat Justice Volume 3
British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (18421943)
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Foreign gunboats forced China, Japan and Korea to open to the outside world in the mid-19th century. The treaties signed included rules forbidding local courts from trying foreigners; or, “extraterritoriality”. Britain and the United States established consular courts in all three countries and,...