Volume I Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast: The Opening of Treaty Ports, 1842-1854, Volume I

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Volume I Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast

The Opening of Treaty Ports, 1842-1854, Volume I

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Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1953

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Fairbank John King :

John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HOSEA BALLOU MORSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PART I. CHINA'S UNPREPAREDNESS FOR WESTERN CONTACT
CHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM OF CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE WEST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
CHAPTER II. TRIBUTE AND THE GROWTH OF TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
CHAPTER III. CH'ING POLICY AND THE CANTON SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
PART II. THE FIRST BRITISH TREATY SETTLEMENT 1842-43
CHAPTER IV. OPIUM AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE CANTON SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
CHAPTER V. THE OPIUM WAR, 1840-42 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
CHAPTER VI. MANCHU DIPLOMACY AND THE TREATY OF NANKING, 1842 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
CHAPTER VII. CH'I-YING'S APPEASEMENT POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
CHAPTER VIII. THE TREATY SETTLEMENT OF 1843 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
CHAPTER IX. THE OPIUM SETTLEMENT OF 1843 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
PART III. THE APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES 1843-45
CHAPTER Χ. THE TREATY PORTS AND THE BRITISH CONSULS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
CHAPTER XI. THE CHINESE RESPONSE TO WESTERN CONTACT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
CHAPTER XII. PROBLEMS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES AT THE NEW PORTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	200
CHAPTER XIII. THE OPIUM SETTLEMENT IN PRACTICE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	226
CHAPTER XIV. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CANTON SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	248
PART IV. THE PROGRESSIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE TREATY SYSTEM 1845-51
CHAPTER XV. ANGLO-CHINESE FRICTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
CHAPTER XVI. GROWTH AND TAXATION OF THE LEGAL TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
CHAPTER XVII. THE FOREIGN INVASION OF THE COASTING TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
CHAPTER XVIII NINGPO: PIRACY AND CONVOY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
CHAPTER XIX. THE EVASION OF LEGAL DUTIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347
PART V. THE CREATION OF THE FOREIGN INSPECTORATE OF CUSTOMS AT SHANGHAI 1850-54
CHAPTER XX. PALMERSTON ABANDONS THE TREATY TARIFF 1850-51 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
CHAPTER XXI. WU CHIEN-CHANG AND THE "CANTONIZATION" OF SHANGHAI 1852-53 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	393
CHAPTER XXII. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK AND THE PROVISIONAL SYSTEM 1853-54 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	410
CHAPTER XXIII. SIR JOHN BOWRING AND THE FOREIGN INSPECTORATE 1854 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	439
CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION: THE TREATIES SUCCEED THE TRIBUTE SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	462
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	469
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	491

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Harbors -- China.; Customs administration -- China.; China -- Commerce -- History.; China -- Foreign relations.

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