Mediating Empire : : An English Family in China, 1817-1927 / / Andrew Hillier.
As part of the growing scholarship on family and empire, this study examines Britain’s presence in China through the lens of one family, arguing that, as the physical embodiment of the imperial project, it provided a social and cultural mechanism for mediating Britain’s imperial power, authority and...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Imperialism in East Asia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments / Use of Names
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Hillier Family Tree
- Medhurst Family Tree
- Map of Principal Locations of the Hillier & Medhurst Families, 1817–1927
- Map of the Chinese Railway network, 1909
- Introduction: Family, China and the British World
- Part 1: 1817–1860
- Chapter 1 Preparing for Entry
- Chapter 2 Opening the Treaty Ports
- Chapter 3 Colonising Hong Kong
- Chapter 4 Strong Wives
- Part 2: 1857–1927
- Chapter 5 Early Influences, Early Careers
- Chapter 6 The New Imperialism
- Chapter 7 Intimate Empire
- Chapter 8 Reform and Revolution, War and Withdrawal
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- Time-line
- Bibliography
- Index