1st Edition
Sir Claude MacDonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900
By Mary H. Wilgus
Copyright 1987
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. From 1895 through 1900 Lord Salisbury accepted England’s traditional, commercially oriented China policy and adapted it to dramatically altered political conditions in East Asia. Through the efforts of Sir Claude MacDonald, Britain met the commercial and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Trade Not Rule: Anglo-Chinese Relations 1689-1895 3. Entrenchment and Reaction: The Open Door Policy and Russophobia 4. "Gunboat" MacDonald: Britain’s Man-on-the-Spot, 1896-1900 5. Artificial Agency of Informal Empire: Sir Robert Hart and Imperial Maritime Customs Service 6. Principal Instruments of Empire: Railway Concessions 1895-1900 7. Practical Informal Empire: Loans, Trades, and Mining Concessions 8. Friends in High Places: Chinese Collaborations and Informal Empire, 1895-1900 9. Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Mary H. Wilgus
