CHAPTER XIV. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CANTON SYSTEM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HOSEA BALLOU MORSE vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. PART I. CHINA'S UNPREPAREDNESS FOR WESTERN CONTACT
6. CHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM OF CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE WEST 3
7. CHAPTER II. TRIBUTE AND THE GROWTH OF TRADE 23
8. CHAPTER III. CH'ING POLICY AND THE CANTON SYSTEM 39
9. PART II. THE FIRST BRITISH TREATY SETTLEMENT 1842-43
10. CHAPTER IV. OPIUM AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE CANTON SYSTEM 57
11. CHAPTER V. THE OPIUM WAR, 1840-42 74
12. CHAPTER VI. MANCHU DIPLOMACY AND THE TREATY OF NANKING, 1842 84
13. CHAPTER VII. CH'I-YING'S APPEASEMENT POLICY 104
14. CHAPTER VIII. THE TREATY SETTLEMENT OF 1843 114
15. CHAPTER IX. THE OPIUM SETTLEMENT OF 1843 133
16. PART III. THE APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES 1843-45
17. CHAPTER Χ. THE TREATY PORTS AND THE BRITISH CONSULS 155
18. CHAPTER XI. THE CHINESE RESPONSE TO WESTERN CONTACT 176
19. CHAPTER XII. PROBLEMS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES AT THE NEW PORTS 200
20. CHAPTER XIII. THE OPIUM SETTLEMENT IN PRACTICE 226
21. CHAPTER XIV. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CANTON SYSTEM 248
22. PART IV. THE PROGRESSIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE TREATY SYSTEM 1845-51
23. CHAPTER XV. ANGLO-CHINESE FRICTION 267
24. CHAPTER XVI. GROWTH AND TAXATION OF THE LEGAL TRADE 285
25. CHAPTER XVII. THE FOREIGN INVASION OF THE COASTING TRADE 311
26. CHAPTER XVIII NINGPO: PIRACY AND CONVOY 329
27. CHAPTER XIX. THE EVASION OF LEGAL DUTIES 347
28. PART V. THE CREATION OF THE FOREIGN INSPECTORATE OF CUSTOMS AT SHANGHAI 1850-54
29. CHAPTER XX. PALMERSTON ABANDONS THE TREATY TARIFF 1850-51 371
30. CHAPTER XXI. WU CHIEN-CHANG AND THE "CANTONIZATION" OF SHANGHAI 1852-53 393
31. CHAPTER XXII. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK AND THE PROVISIONAL SYSTEM 1853-54 410
32. CHAPTER XXIII. SIR JOHN BOWRING AND THE FOREIGN INSPECTORATE 1854 439
33. CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION: THE TREATIES SUCCEED THE TRIBUTE SYSTEM 462
34. INDEX 469
35. Backmatter 491