Introduction : law, land and power : treaty ports and concessions in modern China / Robert Bickers and Isabbella Jackson -- Extraterritoriality in China : what we know and what we don't know / P<U+fffd>ear Cassel -- Who ran the treaty ports? A study of the Shanghai municipal council / Isabella Jackson -- The land system of the Shanghai international settlement : the rise and fall of the Hardoon family, 1874-1956 / Chiara Betta -- Problems of circulation in the treaty port system / Stacie Kent -- Treaty ports as shipping infrastructure / Anne Reinhardt -- River conservancy and state building in treaty port China / Shirley Ye -- Interport printing enterprise : Macanese printing networks in Chinese treaty ports / Hoi-To Wong -- The global entanglements of a marginal man in treaty port Xiamen / Douglas Fix -- 'Throwing light on natural laws' : meteorology on the China coast, 1869-1912 / Robert Bickers -- From Terra incognita to Garden of Eden : unveiling the prehistoric life of China and Central Asia, 1900-30 / Chris Manias -- The French concession in Hankou 1938-43 : the life and death of a solitary enclave in an occupied city / Doroth<U+fffd>aee Rihal -- The communists and the Kailuan mines : eliminating the legacies of the treaty ports / Jonathan J. Howlett.
Summary:
"This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through "unequal treaties", whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" Provided by publisher. "This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through 'unequal treaties', whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" Provided by publisher.
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