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Canton Days British Life and Death in China

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

13.02.2020

Verlag

Rowman & Littlefield

Seitenzahl

360

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,7/2,4 cm

Gewicht

735 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5381-3628-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

13.02.2020

Verlag

Rowman & Littlefield

Seitenzahl

360

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,7/2,4 cm

Gewicht

735 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5381-3628-7

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Canton Days

  • Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Notes

    Chapter 1 The Place, the System, and the People

    The "Entrance of Pandemonium"

    A "Perfect System"

    Coping with the "Intolerable Restrictions"

    "Various Petty Collisions"

    Accommodation and Collaboration in the Contact Zone

    "An Extraordinary Jargon"

    "Two Living Streams or Tides of Human Beings"

    Notes

    Chapter 2 Communities and Personalities

    Through American Eyes

    Remaining in Canton

    George Thomas Staunton's Life in China

    "Some Real Geniuses in Wit, Science, and Art"

    "Good Works"

    "Useful Knowledge"

    Notes

    Chapter 3 Life and Work

    The "Ungallant" Exclusion

    "Serious Illnesses in This Country"

    Confinement and Routine

    "United Together in a Kind of Brotherhood"

    "The Harmony of Our Little Society"

    Friendships

    Staying On

    Notes

    Chapter 4 Outlets

    Dinners and Parties

    The Gardens at Fa-ti

    Rowing and Regattas

    "Turning Out" to Macao

    In the Storm

    Notes

    Chapter 5 Commemorations and Institutions

    "The Nautical Oracle of the World"

    The British Chamber of Commerce

    The Parsis

    The Canton General Chamber of Commerce

    Community through Grievances

    Grievances, Character, and Conduct

    Notes

    Chapter 6 Factories, Fear, and Fire

    Combustible Canton

    The Great Fire of 1822

    Frustration and Helplessness

    Fire and "the Chinese Character"

    Fire as Opportunity (or Not)

    Fire and Grievances

    Notes

    Chapter 7 Robert Morrison's Life in China

    With the Americans

    With the East India Company

    The Company and Morrison's Dictionaries

    Morrison and the Press

    Change and Uncertainty

    The Superintendent of Trade and the Napier Mission

    "A Loyal and Industrious Son"

    Notes

    Chapter 8 Dying in China

    "Gonged to Death"

    "He Carried to the Grave the Regrets of All"

    "A Mysterious Secret"

    Death and the British in China

    Notes

    Epilogue: Canton and Beyond

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Index