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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Governor of Jamaica, Governor-General of Canada, Envoy to China, Viceroy of India

By: James Bruce

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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Governor of Jamaica, Governor-General of Canada, Envoy to China, Viceroy of India

By: James Bruce

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC (20 July 1811 - 20 November 1863), was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He was the Governor General of the Province of Canada, a High Commissioner in charge of opening trades with China and Japan, and Viceroy of India. James Bruce became Governor of Jamaica in 1842, and in 1847 was appointed Governor General of Canada. Under Lord Elgin, the first real attempts began at establishing responsible government in Canada. Lord Elgin became the first Governor General to remove himself from the affairs of the legislature, leading to the essentially symbolic role that the Governor-General has since had with regards to the political affairs of the country. In 1857 he became High Commissioner to China and travelled to China and Japan in 1858-59, where he led the bombing of Canton and oversaw the end of the Second Opium War by signing the Treaties of Tianjin on 26 June 1858. On 18 October 1860, Elgin, not having received the Chinese surrender and wishing to spare Beijing itself, ordered the complete destruction of the Yuan Ming Yuan (or Old Summer Palace) outside Beijing in retaliation for the imprisonment, torture, and execution of almost twenty European and Indian prisoners (including two British envoys and a journalist for The Times). This edition contains his letters and journals from those times giving a unique insight into the work carried out by British representatives overseas in shaping the world today.

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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

By: James Earl of Elgin

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Reproduction of the original: Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James Earl of Elgin

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By: James Earl of Elgin

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The Preliminary Examination Journal and Student's Literary Magazine

Vol. 1

By: James Erle Benham

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The Preliminary Examination Journal and Student's Literary Magazine

Vol. 1

By: James Erle Benham

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382831406

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Diary of a Country Clergyman 1848-1851

By: James Reid,Reisner

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Diary of a Country Clergyman 1848-1851

By: James Reid,Reisner

A crusty yet diffident Scot, James Reid began his career as a sectarian evangelical missionary. The diary finds him thirty years later as a moderate, if conservative, Anglican clergyman. Through this remarkable document, village routines and intrigues, as well as Reid's circle of friends and his clerical colleagues, come vividly to life. His private reflections on the tensions and growing pains experienced by the colonial church at a formative stage in its evolution, and his reaction to events on the wider political scene, give us valuable insights into his life and the times. Reid was a man of considerable complexity and his foibles and vanities are apparent in his narrative. The glimpses of his home life shed much light on gender relations and the history of the family. The diary has been edited and annotated by M.E. Reisner, who provides the background to Reid's narrative. Her informative biographical sketches, collected in an appendix, shed further light on representative local figures and the community dynamics of his town. The Diary of a Country Clergyman will be of interest to the general reader and social historian alike.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773568131

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9780773568136

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The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China

By: James L. Hevia

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The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China

By: James L. Hevia

DIVA re-evaluation of British Imperialism in nineteenth-century China from the perspective of postcolonial theory./div

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Duke University Press

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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

By: James Eighth Earl of Elgin Bruce

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By: James Eighth Earl of Elgin Bruce

Author was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who served in Canada, China and as Viceroy of India during the mid-19th Century.

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Echo Library

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1406853291

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A Brief History of Pakistan

By: James Wynbrandt

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A Brief History of Pakistan

By: James Wynbrandt

From the Publisher: A Brief History of Pakistan attempts to answer these questions in a concise yet thorough account. By illuminating the nation's past, this book offers readers a detailed perspective of Pakistan today and enables them to consider soundly how the country, once a birthplace of civilization, might change in the future.

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081606184X

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The Chinese Classics

Vol. 5 - Part 1

By: James Legge

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The Chinese Classics

Vol. 5 - Part 1

By: James Legge

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

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3368163949

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Canada

The First 20,000 Years

By: James M. Roth

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Canada

The First 20,000 Years

By: James M. Roth

The history of Canada can seem like a subject as large and expansive as the country itself, and for those of us who haven’t attended a history class in a while, it may just feel too big to tackle. Academic histories full of footnotes and jargon aren’t for everyone, but everyone deserves to know the history of the country they call home. Direct but never dry, historian James M. Roth starts at the country’s geographical beginnings at the end of the last Ice Age and weaves Canada’s tale from there. From contrasting early New World civilization against established Old World tradition; contextualizing Indigenous history within the rest of Canadian history; explaining today’s complex relationships between English and French Canadians with a play by play analysis of events; giving meaning to countless social and political movements by looking at the bigger picture; and covering everything else in between in commuter-length chapters, Canada: The First 20,000 Years is a history book for the everyday Canadian.

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1038318084

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Letters and Journals of James Eighth Earl of Elgin

By: James Eighth Earl of Elgin

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By: James Eighth Earl of Elgin

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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1374893269

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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

The Preliminary Examination Journal and Student's Literary Magazine

The Preliminary Examination Journal and Student's Literary Magazine

Diary of a Country Clergyman 1848-1851

Diary of a Country Clergyman 1848-1851

English Lessons

English Lessons

Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

A Brief History of Pakistan

A Brief History of Pakistan

The Chinese Classics

The Chinese Classics

Canada

Canada

Letters and Journals of James Eighth Earl of Elgin

Letters and Journals of James Eighth Earl of Elgin

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