Twentieth Century Impressions
{{Short description|English book series (1901–1914)}}
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Twentieth Century Impressions was a series of travel, political and social reference books published by Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company in London between 1901 and 1914. The full titles were typically styled as Twentieth Century Impressions of [country name] : Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources.
Arnold Wright (1858–1941) was editor in chief or author of most of the range of titles. In most cases the books were over 600 pages in length (some over 800). Wright was an enthusiast for colonialism,{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | title=The romance of colonisation : being the story of the economic development of the British Empire | date=1923 | publisher=Melrose | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18100559 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }} in the decade before the First World War. In most of the earlier volumes, H. A. Cartwright and O. Breakspear were assistants. In the volumes closer to 1914, Wright was designated as the Historian for a volume. Reginald Lloyd was also designated as Director in Chief of the later publications.
Argentina
The Argentina title was published in 1911 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Argentina. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... Oliver T. Breakspear, L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.{{Citation | author1=Lloyd, Reginald | title=Twentieth century impressions of Argentina : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | date=1911 | publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/183091603 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
Brazil
The Brazil title was published in 1913 Twentieth century impressions of Brazil : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2788572|title=Twentieth century impressions of Brazil : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | WorldCat.org|oclc=2788572 }}
Burma
The Burma title was first published in 1910, and reprinted in 2015 by White Lotus Press in Thailand.{{cite book | editor-last=Wright |editor-first=Arnold | title=Twentieth Century Impressions of Burma: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources | date=1910 |isbn=9789748495231 | location=Bangkok, Thailand |publisher=White Lotus Press | url= |oclc=902801985}}
Canada
Twentieth century impressions of Canada; its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources by Henry J. Boam was published in 1914.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00boamuoft|title=Twentieth century impressions of Canada|author=Henry J. Boam|year=1914}}
Ceylon
The Ceylon (Sri Lanka) title was first published in 1907.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | title=Twentieth century impressions of Ceylon : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | date=1907 | publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12137315 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
Egypt
The title about Egypt is dated 1901 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt. Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources. Editor in chief: A. Wright ... Assistant editor: H. A. Cartwright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/391|title=An operational unification of finite difference methods for the numerical integration of ordinary differential equations | WorldCat.org|oclc=391 }}
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Treaty Ports
{{wikisource|Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China}}
The spread of the 1908 title was beyond Hong Kong and included Shanghai and other treaty ports such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | author2=Robarts - University of Toronto | title=Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources; editor in chief: Arnold Wright, assistant editor: H.A. Cartwright | date=1908 | publisher=London Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/13335133 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }} A manuscript copy of this book is held at the National Library of Australia.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | title=Twentieth century impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other treaty ports : their early history and development | date=1928 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11062420 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
Netherlands East Indies
In 1909, the volume about the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) was published.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | author2=Breakspear, Oliver T | title=Twentieth century impressions of Netherlands India : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | date=1909 | publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33491827 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
British Malaya
The British Malaya (Malaysia) title was published in 1908.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | author2=Cartwright, H. A | title=Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya : its history, people, commerce, industries and resources | date=1908 | publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain publishing company, limited | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8925026 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }} It has been reprinted in an abridged facsimile form by Brash {{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | author2=Cartwright, H. A | title=Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | date=1989 | publisher=G. Brash | edition= Abridged | isbn=978-9971-4-9146-8 }}{{Citation | title=Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya | journal=Far Eastern Economic Review | date=1990-03-01 | publisher=Review Publishing Company Ltd. (Hong Kong) | volume=v147 | issue=n9 | pages=39 (1) | issn=0014-7591 }}
Siam
The Siam (Thailand) book was originally published in London in 1903, with a reprint in 1908.{{Citation | author1=Wright, Arnold | author2=Breakspear, Oliver T | title=Twentieth century impressions of Siam : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | date=1994 | publisher=White Lotus | isbn=978-1-879155-30-5 }}
Uruguay
The Uruguay Book was published in 1912 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Uruguay. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co., 1912.This book does not show up in major library collection catalogues and it appears not have been made into facsimile edition - Amazon's comment on its entry is Out of Print and Limited availability.
Western Australia
In Western Australia, the publisher was also the author - P.W.H Thiel.{{Citation | author1=P.W.H. Thiel & Co. (Perth) | title=Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia | date=1901 | publisher=P.W.H. Thiel & Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19238222 | accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
It was extensively reviewed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211861935 |title=Review. |newspaper=The Northam Advertiser |volume=IX |issue=741 |location=Western Australia |date=9 April 1902 |accessdate=14 May 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211861264 |title=Review. |newspaper=The Northam Advertiser |volume=IX |issue=743 |location=Western Australia |date=19 April 1902 |accessdate=14 May 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211860390 |title=Review. |newspaper=The Northam Advertiser |volume=IX |issue=744 |location=Western Australia |date=23 April 1902 |accessdate=14 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24743216 |title=TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=18 |issue=5,028 |location=Western Australia |date=19 April 1902 |accessdate=14 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80863897 |title=TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS. |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=XX |issue=8,297 |location=Western Australia |date=20 March 1902 |accessdate=12 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
A digitised version is available from the NLA.{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-31939829|title=Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia.|website=Trove}} It was also reprinted by Hesperian Press in 2000.{{Citation | title=Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia | date=2000 | publisher=Hesperian Press | isbn=978-0-85905-269-6 }}
West Indies
The last in the series appears to be the West Indies title - Twentieth Century Impressions of the West Indies. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: José Plá Cárceles.London : Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Co., 1914.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1870269|title=Twentieth century impressions of the West Indies. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | WorldCat.org|oclc=1870269 }}
Dropping of ''Twentieth Century..''
In 1914, there is record of Wright being involved in the publishing of a book with only the second part of the title of earlier series; - Southern India: its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J.W. Bond. Edited by Arnold Wright:London, 1914-1915.{{Citation | author1=Playne, Somerset | author2=Bond, J. W | author3=Wright, Arnold | title=Southern India : its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources | date=1915 | publisher=The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co | isbn=978-1-85177-030-4 }}[http://main-cat.nls.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1215&recCount=25&recPointer=2&bibId=2995755&searchType=7 National Library of Scotland entry]
References
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External links
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