Andrew Nathan, Modern China, 1840-1972, Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, U of Michigan. 1973, (REF Z3106 1339)
Below are some examples of the citations found in this bibliography.
US Diplomatic Archives
United States. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States. 1861-?
(pg. 68) Britain:
Public Record Office
Great Britain. Foreign Office. Index to the Correspondence of the Foreign Office, 1920-1940.
Confidential Prints (1848-1954) [more detailed]
Lo Hui-min. Foreign Office Confidential Papers Relative to China and Her Neighboring Countries, 1840-1914, With an Additional List, 1915-1937. The Hague, Mouton and Co., 1969.
List of contents on Microfilm:
Reynolds, Carol. A Guide to British Foreign Office: Confidential Print: China, 1848-1922, Microfilm F.O. 405. New York, Columbia University East Asian Institute, 1970. [describes content of Microfilms]
Diplomatic Blue Books and /Parliamentary Papers
[These only include the info that Prime Minister chose to disclose, so often they are of limited use]:
Temperley, Harold and Lillian M. Penson. A Century of Diplomatic Blue Books, 1814-1914. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1938.
Newspapers
King, Frank H. H. and Prescott Clarke. A Research Guide to China-Coast Newspapers, 1822-1911.
The North China Herald and Supreme Cout and Consular Gazette. Shanghai. 1850-1941.
The China Weekly Review. (Formerly Millard’s Review). Shanghai, 1917-1953. [Not a full newspaper]
The Far Eastern Review. Shanghai. 1904-1940’s. Became Pro-Japanese propaganda organ in 1940’s after Japanese took over settlements.
South China Morning Post. Hong Kong, 1903-Present. Leading English language British Newspaper
Periodicals with Statistics
Nankai Social and Economic Quarterly. Nankai Institute of Economics, Nankai University, Tientsin. 1935-1940’s. Also see Nankai Weekly Statistical Service (1928-1933). And Monthly Bulletin on Economic China (1934).
The Yenching Journal of Social Sciences. Yenching University, Peking. Semiannual, 1938-1950.
China. Maritime Customs. Decennial Reports. Shanghai. Inspectorate General of Customs. 1893-1933. 5 issues. 9 volumes.
Chinese Economic Journal. Peking, Shanghai, Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, 1927-1937. Preceded by Chinese Economic Monthly. Also published Chinese Economic Bulletin.
The Chinese Social and Political Science Review.. Peking, Chinese Social and Political Science Association, quarterly. 1916-1941. On microfilm at Library of Congress.
For bibliography of newspapers published in China, see...
Richard Walker, Western Language Periodicals on China (A selective list), New Haven, Institute of Far Eastern Languages, Yale University, 1949.
This bibliography also gives references to other bibliographies specifically dedicated to finding information regarding relations and interactions between the East and West. (These are not available at Haverford):
Liu, Kwang-ching. Americans and Chinese: A Historical Essay and Bibliography. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1963.
Chu, Clayton H. American Missionaries in China: Books, Articles, and Pamphlets Extracted from the Subject Catalogue of the Missionary Research Library. MRL is the biggest place to go for missionary research.
Rabe, Valentin H. American-Chinese Relations, 1784-1941: Books and Pamphlets Extracted from the Shelf Lists of Widener Library. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Department of History, 1960.