Historical Photos of China Online, Plus Data on Today's China
Just as China presents the Olympics this week, a new collection offers a window into China of the past, via the 5,000 image Sidney D. Gamble Photograph Collection from Duke University Libraries. A sociologist, China scholar, traveler and photographer, Gamble used his photos from 4 China trips to illustrate his monographs. The digitized collection is the first public access to this collection of China, Korea, Japan, Russia and San Francisco from 1917-1932.
Search Tiananmen Square to see a 1917 student demonstration, and use the tags on the left to refine your search to Bejing, demonstration, or to find other categories, and more. The collection offers search tools, an interactive map that chronicles the photo travels, a Research Guide, Timeline, and multiple-language cloud tags:
Include an image of a stunning gate or city from this new online collection in your teaching, research, and private study, following the stated copyright guidelines on the collection main page. More about the discovery of the nitrate negatives, handwritten and typed notes from Gamble, and other reference items, at the project website.
Here at Case, you can research news, statistics, and more about today's China with China Data Online, a database that provides monthly & annual macroeconomic statistics & reports on China's development. Data is authorized by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, and is distributed by the China Data Center at the University of Michigan.
Remote access authentication to China Data Online requires an active VPN client or your library PIN.
