Sir Claude MacDonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900
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Sir Claude MacDonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900

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eBook - ePub

Sir Claude MacDonald, the Open Door, and British Informal Empire in China, 1895-1900

About this book

First published in 1987. Great Britain secured and expanded its informal empire in China during the five years following the Sino-Japanese War. From 1895 through 1900 Lord Salisbury accepted England's traditional, commercially oriented China policy and adapted it to dramatically altered political conditions in East Asia. Through the efforts of Sir Claude MacDonald, Britain met the commercial and political challenges of its European competitors and implemented the "open door, " a strong but maligned policy. With the assistance of Britain's indigenous collaborators, England managed to maintain a greatly weakened Manchu dynasty and to increase its financial, commercial, and informal political power in China without the use of military force or formal alliance. In order to help the reader understand Britain's informal empire in China, the author reviews the historical background which brought China into Britain's expanding economy.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781351120203
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Chapter I: Introduction
  7. Chapter II: Trade Not Rule: Anglo-Chinese Relations 1689-1895
  8. Chapter III: Entrenchment and Reaction: The Open Door Policy and Russophobia
  9. Chapter IV: "Gunboat" Macdonald: Britain's Man-on-the-Spot, 1896-1900
  10. Chapter V: Artificial Agency of Informal Empire: SIR Robert Hart and Imperial Maritime Customs Service
  11. Chapter VI: Principal Instruments of Empire: Railway Concessions 1895-1900
  12. Chapter VII: Practical Informal Empire: Loans, Trades, and Mining Concessions
  13. Chapter VIII: Friends in High Places: Chinese Collaboration and Informal Empire, 1895-1900
  14. Chapter IX: Conclusion
  15. Endnotes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index