{"product_id":"9781350588776","title":"Death and Emotions in Anglo-China Negotiating Grief Across Cultures in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHistory of Emotions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDeath and Emotions in Anglo-China\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNegotiating Grief Across Cultures in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBobby Tam | Peter N. Stearns | Susan J. Matt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Asia \/ China\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book uncovers the history of emotions surrounding death in colonial and semi-colonial Anglo-China during the 19th century.\u003c\/b\u003e Engaging with both English and Chinese sources, including obituaries, memoirs, personal correspondence, missionary publications, mourning poetry and travel accounts, \u003ci\u003eDeath and Emotions in Anglo-China\u003c\/i\u003e explores how this common human experience was understood, expressed, and felt across different cultures, where it became not merely a personal matter but a hotly contested issue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrating how emotions of death solidified communities, buttressed regimes and galvanised political movements, the book pays attention to the dilemma between personal grief and communal commemoration, arguing that the chaotic process of grieving was often pushed aside by collective narratives, which stressed the emotional norm of solemnity. Such collective emotions provided the Western powers, namely the British, a sentimental rhetoric of sacrifice for their imperial cause, and for the Chinese, a powerful impetus to rising Chinese nationalism by the turn of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on a culturally dynamic context previously overlooked in the field of emotional history, this book contributes to the global dimension of growing interests in historicizing the universal human conditions of emotions and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBobby Tam \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer of History at University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in the history of death, history of emotions and nineteenth-century British colonialism. He has published articles on the cultural and social history of death in urban China and colonial Hong Kong in \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Chinese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUrban History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350588776\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669772861580,"sku":"9781350588776","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_af56364b-063b-487f-9661-749b5c8d1484.jpg?v=1785204083","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350588776","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}