10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREATY PORT»
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treaty port in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
treaty port and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in ...
"Hygienic Modernity "reveals how meanings of "weisheng, "with the arrival of violent imperialism, shifted from Chinese cosmology to encompass such ideas as national sovereignty, laboratory knowledge, the cleanliness of bodies, and the ...
2
Bargaining with the State from Afar: American Citizenship in ...
Bargaining with the State from Afar traces the relationship between the United States federal government and sojourning Americans living in the colonial enclaves of pre-World War II China.
3
No Dogs and Not Many Chinese:
Treaty Port Life in China, ...
The last inhabitants of the treaty ports are still alive: through their reminiscences and the accounts of their predecessors Frances Wood recalls a foreign life lived in a foreign land.
4
Shanghai: From Market Town to
Treaty Port, 1074-1858
Contrary to pervasive conventional views that Shanghai was little more than a fishing village prior to its opening as a Western treaty port in 1843, this social history of Shanghai shows that the city was a major commercial port long before ...
Linda Cooke Johnson, 1995
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The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90
By then, the Tsungli Yamen had clearly admitted that there were two kinds of
circuit taotais, i.e., the ordinary kind and the hai-kuan (treaty- port) taotais.
According to the Tsungli Yamen, the latter should perform two additional duties,
namely the ...
6
The Chinese City Between Two Worlds
Instead, the treaty port system created, or perhaps accentuated, a deep dualism.
There was no blending of China and the West, but only a sharpening of the
confrontation. No national group emerged from the treaty port context to speak or
to ...
Mark Elvin, George William Skinner, 1974
tion, 60,000. Our mission station here is the Methodist Episcopal. I]ankau.—
Opened as treaty port in 1861; is 600 miles from Shanghai. Population,
1,000,000. In the immediate vicinity of Hankau are Wuchang, the capital of the
province of ...
Hankau.—Opened as treaty port in 1861; is 600 miles from Shanghai. Population
, 1,000,000. In the immediate vicinity of Hankau are Wuchang, the capital of the
province of Hupeh, and Hang Yang. The populations of these places are 500,000
...
Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Henry Ward Beecher, 1900
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Asiatic Pilot: The shores of the China Sea from Singapore ...
Import duty shall be payable as follows: On cargo from abroad for — (a) a treaty
port, at destination treaty port. (6) a port of call, at port of entry from abroad (Kong
mun, Samshui, or Canton). Export duty shall be payable as follows: On cargo for
...
United States. Hydrographic Office, 1915
Import duty shall be payable as follows: On cargo from abroad for — (a) a treaty
port, at destination treaty port. (6) a port of call, at port of entry from abroad (Kong
mun, Samshui, or Canton). Export duty shall be payable as follows: On cargo for
...
United States. Hydrographic Office, 1915
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREATY PORT»
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treaty port is used in the context of the following news items.
Book review: China's Foreign Places by Robert Nield - how the ports …
China's Foreign Places: The Foreign Presence in China in the Treaty Port Era, 1840-1943 by Robert Nield is published by HKU Press. The last comprehensive ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
The Making of Modern Shanghai
The British named Shanghai a treaty port—one of five that were opened to Britain as concessions after the Chinese defeat in the Opium War—in 1842, ... «Politico, Nov 14»
Treaty Port handover 'just like yesterday'
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny praised the handover of the so-called Irish 'Treaty Ports' by Britain in 1938 as instrumental in helping preserve Ireland's neutrality ... «Irish Independent, Jul 13»
Xiamen, from treaty port to one of China's most beautiful cities
It was one of the treaty ports established after the First Opium War, but Xiamen has put aside its history to take its place among China's major cities. Mike Peters ... «What's on Xiamen, Jan 13»
China woos oenophile wine market
Before teaming up with the Rothschilds, Colin helped out a winery just down the road called Treaty Port. At the center of its 52 acres is an imitation 17th century ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 12»
A laird in Shandong
This is the tale Chris Ruffle spins for every deputation of visitors to Treaty Port, when they plod up the hills to sample the Treaty Port wine and view the castle. «Chinadaily USA, Oct 11»
Raise a glass to the eccentric Yorkshireman (living in a faux Scottish …
And Treaty Port Vineyard is where I proudly bottled my first ever vintage a few months ago — a labour of love that just might be the start of something special. «Daily Mail, Jan 11»
