Treaty Ports in Modern China

Abstract

Introduction Robert Bickers and Isabella Jackson 1. Extraterritoriality in China: What we know and what we don't know Par Cassel 2. Who ran the treaty ports? A study of the Shanghai Municipal Council Isabella Jackson 3. The Land System of the Shanghai International Settlement: The Rise and Fall of the Hardoon Family, 1874-1956 Chiara Betta 4. Problems of Circulation in the Treaty Port System Stacie Kent 5. Treaty Ports as Shipping Infrastructure Anne Reinhardt 6. River Conservancy and State-building in Treaty Port China Shirley Ye 7. Interport Printing Enterprise: Macanese Printing Networks in Chinese Treaty Ports Hoito Wong 8. The global entanglements of a marginal man in treaty-port Xiamen Douglas Fix 9. 'Throwing Light on Natural Laws': Meteorology on the China coast, 1869-1912 Robert Bickers 10. From Terra incognita to Garden of Eden: Unveiling the prehistoric life of China and Central Asia, 1900-1930 Chris Manias 11. The French Concession in Hankou: The Life and Death of a Solitary Enclave in an occupied city Dorothee Rihal 12. The Communists and the Kailuan Mines: Eliminating the legacies of the treaty ports Jonathan J. Howlett