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Old China Hands. and the Foreign Office / Nathan Albert Pelcovits.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1948]Copyright date: ©1948Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231921824
  • 9780231887434
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Folklore of the Treaty Ports -- Part 1. End of the Rainbow -- I. The Tientsin Treaty -- II. Lord Clarendon and the Old China Hands -- III. The Verdict of the Board of Trade -- Part 2. The Interlude, 1872-1890 -- IV. The Period of Apathy -- V. The Shadow of Foreign Competition -- Part 3. The Revival -- VI. Formation of the China Association -- VII. The Politics of Economic Concessions, 1896-1897 -- VIII. The Struggle for a Yangtze Protectorate, 1898-1899 -- Part 4. End of an Era -- IX. Old China Hands: Defeat of the Insurgents -- X. Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Presents a study of the opinions and attitudes on Anglo-Chinese relations held by British merchants engaged in the China trade, and of their relevance to the formation of British foreign policy toward China in the half century between the Treaty of Tientsin and the Treaty of Portsmouth.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Folklore of the Treaty Ports -- Part 1. End of the Rainbow -- I. The Tientsin Treaty -- II. Lord Clarendon and the Old China Hands -- III. The Verdict of the Board of Trade -- Part 2. The Interlude, 1872-1890 -- IV. The Period of Apathy -- V. The Shadow of Foreign Competition -- Part 3. The Revival -- VI. Formation of the China Association -- VII. The Politics of Economic Concessions, 1896-1897 -- VIII. The Struggle for a Yangtze Protectorate, 1898-1899 -- Part 4. End of an Era -- IX. Old China Hands: Defeat of the Insurgents -- X. Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Presents a study of the opinions and attitudes on Anglo-Chinese relations held by British merchants engaged in the China trade, and of their relevance to the formation of British foreign policy toward China in the half century between the Treaty of Tientsin and the Treaty of Portsmouth.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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