Life of Sir Halliday Macartney, K.c.m.g. - Commander of LI Hung Chang s Trained Force in Taeping Rebellion,

Klappentext This 1908 biography of Halliday Macartney describes his career! from army medic to successful diplomat fostering Anglo-Chinese relations. Zusammenfassung Demetrius C. Boulger (1853–1928) published several works on Asia including this 1908 biography of Sir Halliday Macartney (1833–1906). After army service in India and China, the medically qualified Macartney directed an arsenal at Nanking before becoming a successful diplomat who influenced Anglo-Chinese relations for over thirty years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Sir James Crichton-Browne; 1. Family and early life; 2. The Crimea and Indian Mutiny; 3. The Peking Campaign; 4. The Taeping Rebellion; 5. Macartney enters Chinese service; 6. Campaigning with Gordon; 7. The Soochow Massacre; 8. Life in Soochow; 9. Removal to Nanking; 10. The Nanking arsenal: second phase; 11. The Kwoh embassy; 12. The return to England; 13. The arrival of the Marquis Tsêng; 14. The St. Petersburg treaty; 15. The complications with France; 16. Various negotiations with England; 17. Some minor diplomatic incidents; 18. The close of a long career; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Demetrius Charles Boulger, Boulger Demetrius Charles
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9781108026260
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02626-0
• No. of pages: 570
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Diplomacy, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military