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Summary:

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 presence, and forging connections and networks throughout the expanding British world.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : family, China and the British world
• Preparing for entry
• Opening the treaty ports
• Colonising Hong Kong
• Strong wives
• Early influences, early careers
• The new imperialism
• Intimate empire
• Reform and revolution, war and withdrawal.

Author/Creator:

Hillier, Andrew , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mediating empire: an English family in China 1817 -1927 [by Hillier, A.]

Related Series:

Imperialism in East Asia; volume 1 (ISSN 2633-3007)

Subjects:

British — China — History

Imperialism

Great Britain — Foreign relations — China

China — Foreign relations — Great Britain

General Notes:

Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 23, 2020).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DS731.B75 H55 2020eb

ISBNs:

1912961032 (electronic book)
9781912961030 (electronic bk.)
9781912961023 [Invalid]
1912961024 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1156993166

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6265592 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp16796850