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Author:
Bowring, Philip, author.
Title:
Free trade's first missionary : Sir John Bowring in Europe and Asia / Philip Bowring.
Publisher:
Hong Kong University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : illustrations (some coloured), portraits ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Bowring, John,--1792-1872.
Free trade--History--19th century.
Linguists--Great Britain--Biography.
Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.
Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.
Asia--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Relations--Asia.
Europe--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Relations--Europe.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
Contents:
Exeter Lad's Radical Roots -- War, Spain and the Unitarians -- Bentham's Favourite Son -- A Poisonous Greek Pie -- Polyglot Poet Meets Kubla Khan -- Reforming Politics and Public Accounts -- The New Gospel : Free Trade -- Of Egypt and Levantine Plagues -- Bolton : Pit of Poverty and Progress -- Progressive MP Coins the Florin -- An Ironmaster Derails -- Opiate of Various Peoples -- Frustration at Canton -- Some Progress on the China Coast -- Arrow Ploy Sunk by Ye -- The War of Two Bruces -- Hong Kong : Good Input, Little Output -- High-Minded Humiliation -- The King and He : A Lasting Legacy -- Philippine Fiesta -- A New Wife and Energy to the End -- Conclusion : Why He Matters.
ISBN:
9888208721
9789888208722
OCLC:
(OCoLC)894878335
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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