Picturing China 1870-1950

After giving a plug to the Visualising China project at the University of Bristol the folk behind the site and the growing collection of photographs were kind enough to send me a copy of a small , but rather lovely, book they’ve produced called Picturing China 1870-1950. The book is mostly photographs but contains some good introductory essays on the history of the Chinese Maritime Customs, Chinese photographers, issues around examining old photos of China and Robert Bickers on the Shanghai Municipal Police.