Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XIII
4. Introduction: Folklore of the Treaty Ports 1
5. Part 1. End of the Rainbow
6. I. The Tientsin Treaty 11
7. II. Lord Clarendon and the Old China Hands 32
8. III. The Verdict of the Board of Trade 66
9. Part 2. The Interlude, 1872–1890
10. IV. The Period of Apathy 101
11. V. The Shadow of Foreign Competition 131
12. Part 3. The Revival
13. VI. Formation of the China Association 157
14. VII. The Politics of Economic Concessions, 1896–1897 190
15. VIII. The Struggle for a Yangtze Protectorate, 1898–1899 220
16. Part 4. End of an Era
17. IX. Old China Hands: Defeat of the Insurgents 263
18. X. Retrospect 300
19. Notes 303
20. Bibliography 338
21. Index 343