The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era

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Author

Michie, Alexander, 1833-1902

Title

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

Credits

Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Japan

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42732

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42732

Release Date

May 18, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE ARMY SURGEON. — I. YOUTH. — II. THE PENINSULA, 1832-1837. — III. ENGLAND, 1838-1844.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. SENT TO CHINA. — FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. ANTECEDENTS OF THE WAR. — I. THE OPIUM TRADE. — II. THE SEQUEL TO THE SURRENDER OF OPIUM.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST CHINA WAR, 1839-1842.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE TREATY OF 1842.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE FRUITS OF THE WAR AND PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE NEW INTERCOURSE: CANTON, 1842-1847.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW TREATY PORTS—FOOCHOW, AMOY, NINGPO.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. SHANGHAI. — I. THE TSINGPU AFFAIR. — II. REBELLION. — III. THE CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS. — IV. CREATION OF THE FOREIGN CUSTOMS. — V. MR ALCOCK'S DEPARTURE FROM SHANGHAI.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. CONSUL ALCOCK'S VIEWS ON GENERAL POLICY.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. TRADE UNDER THE TREATY OF NANKING. — I. TEA. — II. SILK. — III. OPIUM. — IV. CHINESE EXPORTS. — V. BRITISH EXPORTS. — VI. NATIVE TRADE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII . SHIPPING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE TRADERS. — I. FOREIGN. — II. CHINESE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. HONGKONG.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. MACAO.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. PIRACY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE ARROW WAR, 1856-1860. — I. THE EARL OF ELGIN AND HIS MISSION. — II. LORD ELGIN'S SECOND MISSION.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. INTERCOURSE UNDER THE TREATIES OF 1858 AND 1860. — I. THE DIPLOMATIC OVERTURE. — II. NEW PORTS AND OPENING OF THE YANGTZE. — III. ADMIRAL HOPE'S POLICY TOWARDS INSURGENTS. — IV. THE LAY-OSBORN FLOTILLA. — V. THE END OF THE REBELLION. — VI. EVACUATION OF CANTON. — VII. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR. — VIII. INFLUENCE OF THESE EVENTS ON PROGRESS OF DIPLOMACY.
23. 23.APPENDIX I. NOTE ON OUR PRESENT POSITION AND THE STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA, BY CONSUL ALCOCK, JANUARY 19, 1849.
24. 24.APPENDIX II. CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH BY CONSUL ALCOCK TO SIR GEORGE BONHAM, JANUARY 13, 1852.
25. 25.APPENDIX III. CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH TO SIR GEORGE BONHAM, DATED JUNE 17, 1852. (EXTRACT.)
26. 26.APPENDIX IV. ACCOUNT OF THE SALT TRADE ANNEXED TO MR PARKES' SUMMARY OF THE NATIVE MARITIME TRADE OF FOOCHOW, 1846. (EXTRACTS.)
27. 27.FOOTNOTES:

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