Sir Claude Macdonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900

ISBN-13: 9780815359609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 334 str.

Mary H. Wilgus

Opis

First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. In order to help the reader understand Britain’s informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain’s expanding economy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Trade Not Rule: Anglo-Chinese Relations 1689-1895  3. Entrenchment and Reaction: The Open Door Policy and Russophobia  4. "Gunboat" MacDonald: Britain’s Man-on-the-Spot, 1896-1900  5. Artificial Agency of Informal Empire: Sir Robert Hart and Imperial Maritime Customs Service  6. Principal Instruments of Empire: Railway Concessions 1895-1900  7. Practical Informal Empire: Loans, Trades, and Mining Concessions  8. Friends in High Places: Chinese Collaborations and Informal Empire, 1895-1900  9. Conclusion;  Endnotes;  Bibliography;  Index

O autorze

Mary H. Wilgus