Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 32: SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS

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Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire; February 25, 1862
Commercial accord between the U.S. and the Ottoman Empire.
( http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/ottomans/ot1862.htm )
The Reception of the First English Ambassador to China, 1792
Account of Lord MacArtney's first meeting with the Chinese emperor at which the English ambassador refused to kowtow.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1792macartney.html )
The People of Canton: Against the English, 1842
Popular statement against British imperialism in China.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842canton.html )
The Schools of Japan
American Embassy Secretary Francis Ottiwell Adams describes Japan's educational system.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/ottwell-japanschools.html )
A Little Jewish Girl in the Russian 'Pale', 1890
Mary Antin's biting account of Jewish life in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1890antin.html )
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