Andrew Hillier

Mediating Empire (eBook, PDF)

An English Family in China, 1817-1927

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As part of the growing scholarship on family and empire, this study examines Britain's presence in China through the lens of one family, arguing that, as the physical embodiment of the imperial project, it provided a social and cultural mechanism for mediating Britain's imperial power, authority and presence, and forging connections and networks throughout the expanding British world. Drawing on public and private papers, it breaks significant new ground in its development of those themes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040790380
• Artikelnr.: 75563362

Autorenporträt

Andrew Hillier, edited by Robert S.G. Fletcher and Tehyun Ma.

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' Preface
Acknowledgments
Use of Names List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Hillier Family Tree Medhurst Family Tree Map of Principal Locations of the Hillier and Medhurst Families
1817-1927 Map of the Chinese Railway network
1909 Introduction: Family
China and the British World
Part 1: 1817- Chapter 1 Preparing for Entry
Chapter 2 Opening the Treaty Ports
Chapter 3 Colonising Hong Kong Chapter 4 Strong Wives
Part 2: 1857-
Chapter 5 Early Influences
Early Careers
Chapter 6 The New Imperialism
Chapter 7 Intimate Empire
Chapter 8 Reform and Revolution
War and Withdrawal
Chapter 9 Conclusion Time-line
Bibliography
Index