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Author:   Robert Bickers (University of Bristol) ,  Isabella Jackson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138477407

ISBN 10:   1138477400
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   12 January 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Extraterritoriality in China: What we know and what we don’t know 2. Who ran the treaty ports? A study of the Shanghai Municipal Council 3. The Land System of the Shanghai International Settlement: The Rise and Fall of the Hardoon Family, 1874-1956 4. Problems of Circulation in the Treaty Port System 5. Treaty Ports as Shipping Infrastructure 6. River Conservancy and State-building in Treaty Port China 7. Interport Printing Enterprise: Macanese Printing Networks in Chinese Treaty Ports 8. The global entanglements of a marginal man in treaty-port Xiamen 9. ‘Throwing Light on Natural Laws’: Meteorology on the China coast, 1869-1912 10. From Terra incognita to Garden of Eden: Unveiling the prehistoric life of China and Central Asia, 1900-1930 11. The French Concession in Hankou: The Life and Death of a Solitary Enclave in an occupied city 12. The Communists and the Kailuan Mines: Eliminating the legacies of the treaty ports

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Robert Bickers is Professor of History at the University of Bristol and a Co-Director of the British Inter-University China Centre, UK. Isabella Jackson is Assistant Professor in Chinese History at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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