Treaty ports in modern China : law, land and power / edited by Robert Bickers, Isabella Jackson.
2016
KNC127 .T74 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Treaty ports in modern China : law, land and power / edited by Robert Bickers, Isabella Jackson.
Imprint
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Description
ix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : law, land and power : treaty ports and concessions in modern China / Robert Bickers and Isabbella Jackson
Extraterritoriality in China : what we know and what we don't know / Pèar Cassel
Who ran the treaty ports? A study of the Shanghai municipal council / Isabella Jackson
The land system of the Shanghai international settlement : the rise and fall of the Hardoon family, 1874-1956 / Chiara Betta
Problems of circulation in the treaty port system / Stacie Kent
Treaty ports as shipping infrastructure / Anne Reinhardt
River conservancy and state building in treaty port China / Shirley Ye
Interport printing enterprise : Macanese printing networks in Chinese treaty ports / Hoi-To Wong
The global entanglements of a marginal man in treaty port Xiamen / Douglas Fix
'Throwing light on natural laws' : meteorology on the China coast, 1869-1912 / Robert Bickers
From Terra incognita to Garden of Eden : unveiling the prehistoric life of China and Central Asia, 1900-30 / Chris Manias
The French concession in Hankou 1938-43 : the life and death of a solitary enclave in an occupied city / Dorothâee Rihal
The communists and the Kailuan mines : eliminating the legacies of the treaty ports / Jonathan J. Howlett.
Extraterritoriality in China : what we know and what we don't know / Pèar Cassel
Who ran the treaty ports? A study of the Shanghai municipal council / Isabella Jackson
The land system of the Shanghai international settlement : the rise and fall of the Hardoon family, 1874-1956 / Chiara Betta
Problems of circulation in the treaty port system / Stacie Kent
Treaty ports as shipping infrastructure / Anne Reinhardt
River conservancy and state building in treaty port China / Shirley Ye
Interport printing enterprise : Macanese printing networks in Chinese treaty ports / Hoi-To Wong
The global entanglements of a marginal man in treaty port Xiamen / Douglas Fix
'Throwing light on natural laws' : meteorology on the China coast, 1869-1912 / Robert Bickers
From Terra incognita to Garden of Eden : unveiling the prehistoric life of China and Central Asia, 1900-30 / Chris Manias
The French concession in Hankou 1938-43 : the life and death of a solitary enclave in an occupied city / Dorothâee Rihal
The communists and the Kailuan mines : eliminating the legacies of the treaty ports / Jonathan J. Howlett.
Summary
"This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through "unequal treaties", whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" Provided by publisher.
"This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through 'unequal treaties', whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" Provided by publisher.
"This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through 'unequal treaties', whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KNC127 .T74 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780415658751 hardback
0415658756 hardback
9781315636856 (e-book)
1315636859
9781315636856
0415658756 hardback
9781315636856 (e-book)
1315636859
9781315636856
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