Images from the Western Civilization Slide Collection

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Description: European factories in Canton, China, in 1857. Canton was the entry point of European penetration and the first Chinese port regularly visited by European traders.
Description: "The Yellow Peril." In this drawing, inspired by Kaiser William II, the forces of Western Christianity are about the descend in battle on the East. Russian opposition to Japanese expansion was stirred when the latter won territorial gains from China.

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