Download or read book Western Reports on the Taiping written by Prescott Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1982, collects together a wide range of Western reportage on this major revolt in nineteenth century China. The extracts are contemporary, from eyewitnesses, and come from diplomatic and missionary reports, from books, newspapers, private journals, travel accounts and diaries. They provide a good overview of the response to this major crisis of Chinese society over a twenty-year period and the Western presence in mid-nineteenth century China.