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• Title:No dogs and not many Chinese : treaty port life in China 1843-1943 / Frances Wood.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wood, Frances.
  
• Published/Created:London : John Murray, 1998.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS755.2 .W66 1998
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:China--Commerce--History--19th century.
  China--Commerce--History--20th century.
  British--China--History--19th century.
  Noncitizens--China--History--20th century.
  Noncitizens--China--History--19th century.
  British--China--History--20th century.
  
• Description:xii, 368 pages : illustrations, map, ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:Frances Wood describes the life of both the Chinese and the mainly British colonialists who ran the treaty ports that were forcibly opened up in 1843. These enclaves lasted until 1943 when they were returned to China and the Japanese took over.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index.
  
• ISBN:0719557585
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Founding of the Treaty Ports, 1750-1860
  1. China Trade
  2. Early Days in Shanghai
  3. Smaller Ports
  4. Consuls and Merchants
  5. Small Swords and Imperial Chinese Customs
  6. Taiping Rebellion
  7. Second Opium War
  Pt. II. Widening Horizons, 1860-1900
  8. More Treaty Ports
  9. Private Life and the Social Round
  10. Conflicting Loyalties: The Imperial Maritime Customs Service
  11. Mission to Convert
  Pt. III. Advance and Retreat, 1900-1943
  12. From Boxers to Warlords
  13. Four Hundred Million Customers
  14. Maintaining Standards
  15. Tourists and Aesthetes
  16. Chinese and the Treaty Ports
  17. Rising Sun
  18. Internment
  19. Legacy of the Treaty Ports.