Mediating Empire: An English Family in China, 1817-1927

ISBN-13: 9781912961023 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str.

Andrew Hillier

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Plate section faces page Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments / Use of Names List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Hillier Family Tree Medhurst Family Tree Map of Principal Locations of the Hillier and Medhurst Families, 1817–1927 Map of the Chinese Railway network, 1909 Introduction: Family, China and the British World
Part 1: 1817– Chapter 1 Preparing for Entry
Chapter 2 Opening the Treaty Ports
Chapter 3 Colonising Hong Kong Chapter 4 Strong Wives
Part 2: 1857–
Chapter 5 Early Influences, Early Careers
Chapter 6 The New Imperialism
Chapter 7 Intimate Empire
Chapter 8 Reform and Revolution, War and Withdrawal
Chapter 9 Conclusion Time-line Bibliography Index