John M. Carroll

China Hands and Old Cantons

Britons and the Middle Kingdom

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Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating history explores the wide range of views of Britons in late-imperial China as they chafed under the restrictions imposed by the Canton System. John M. Carroll brings a seminal period in the Anglo-Chinese relationship, which revolved around tea and opium, to life through the words of those who experienced it intimately.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781538157572
• ISBN-10: 1538157578
• Artikelnr.: 62061438

Autorenporträt

By John M. Carroll

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Crying Abuses: Explanations
Restricted China
Stationary China
Despotic China
The Tartars and Their Empire
Not Entirely Unreasonable
Themselves to Blame
Hood-winked
2 The Crying Abuses: Solutions
Visitors Weigh In
Intimidation or Restraint?
At Home
Improving Their Own Situation
Somewhere Else
3 Being There
Challenging the Jesuits
A Peculiar Monopoly
Interesting Evidence
Opinions Grounded upon Experience
The Terms Controversy
Setting the Record Straight
War, Hong Kong, and Beyond
4 Sizing Up China
An Immense and Unparalleled Population
A Horrid Practice
So Extraordinary a Custom
Footbinding and the War to Open China
5 The Opium Debates
Opium Mania
Opium in the Press
The Issues
James Innes
Setting the Record Straight, Again
Opium and War
Epilogue: China Freed
Bibliography