China Through a Colonial Lens

Robert Bickers looks at an emerging archive of British photo albums that record both the drama of the 1911 revolution and the surprisingly untroubled daily lives of those who witnessed it.

Robert Bickers | Published in History Today Volume 61 Issue 10 October 2011

Scene in Beijing in February 1912 after a mutiny of revolutionary troops. The print was probably purchased by Hulme from a photographic studio.

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