Outline Syllabus
TERM ONE
Week 2: Introduction
Week 3: The Portuguese arrived
Week 4: Christian missionaries in China
Week 5: The Canton trade
Week 6: Reading Week (no seminar)
Week 7: Macartney Embassy, historiography
Week 8: Macartney Embassy, archives
Week 9: Opium War, historiography
Week 10: Opium War, archives
TERM TWO
Week 1: Blue and white porcelain
Week 2: The tea trade
Week 3: Space and soundscapes of Canton
Week 4: Everyday life in Canton
Week 5: Sailors at Whampoa
Week 6: Reading Week (No Seminar)
Week 7: Ordinary workers of Canton
Week 8: Labourers and Legal Interactions
Week 9: Servants of the Canton Trade
Week 10: Pirates and the Canton trade