Sir Claude Macdonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in - China, 1895 190

Informationen zum Autor Mary H. Wilgus Klappentext First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. In order to help the reader understand Britain's informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain's expanding economy. Zusammenfassung First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. In order to help the reader understand Britain’s informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain’s expanding economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Trade Not Rule: Anglo-Chinese Relations 1689-1895 3. Entrenchment and Reaction: The Open Door Policy and Russophobia 4. "Gunboat" MacDonald: Britain’s Man-on-the-Spot, 1896-1900 5. Artificial Agency of Informal Empire: Sir Robert Hart and Imperial Maritime Customs Service 6. Principal Instruments of Empire: Railway Concessions 1895-1900 7. Practical Informal Empire: Loans, Trades, and Mining Concessions 8. Friends in High Places: Chinese Collaborations and Informal Empire, 1895-1900 9. Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary H Wilgus, Mary H. Wilgus
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.03.2018
• EAN: 9780815359586
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5958-6
• Seiten: 338
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: The British Empire
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history