Frances Wood:No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty ..., Wood, Frances
- hardcover ISBN: 0719557585
In 1793 the Chinese Emperor rebuffed the first formal British mission to attempt to open China to foreign trade. One of the first treaty ports was Shanghai, soon a byword for luxury and s… More...
In 1793 the Chinese Emperor rebuffed the first formal British mission to attempt to open China to foreign trade. One of the first treaty ports was Shanghai, soon a byword for luxury and squalor. Later small enclaves were opened along the Yangtze, cities like Chongqing, and sub-tropical towns like Beihai. Can't find what you're looking for? Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us Shop by Price £2.99 £3.00 - £4.49 £4.50 - £6.99 £7.00 - £11.99 £12.00+ Shop pages Home page Payment Delivery Customer Service About the seller Need help? Send eBay message Newsletter Add my Shop to your Favourites and receive my email newsletters about new items and special promotions! General Interest No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943 Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 0719557585 Title: No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943 The Cheap Fast Free Post Author: Wood, Frances Publisher: John Murray Press Year Published: N/A Number of Pages: 379 Book Binding: Hardback Prizes: N/A Book Condition: ACCEPTABLE SKU: GOR005410728 Item description In 1793 the Chinese Emperor rebuffed the first formal British mission to attempt to open China to foreign trade. However, British merchants persisted, and the first treaty ports were opened in 1843. This is the story of treaty port life in China, detailing the lives of merchants and missionaries. One of the first treaty ports was Shanghai, soon a byword for luxury and squalor. Later small enclaves were opened along the Yangtze, cities like Chongqing, and sub-tropical towns like Beihai. Despite typhoons, disease, banditry and riots, merchants and missionary families in the treaty ports enjoyed steeplechases on China ponies and shooting parties on Shanghai's mudflats; Chinese cooks learnt to make Christmas pudding and Chinese tailors copied Paris fashions. Many visitors were drawn to the treaty ports, including Noel Coward and Wallis Simpson, Arthur Ransome and W.H. Auden, Peter Fleming and Robert Fortune. Some stayed on, among them Harold Acton, Osbert Sitwell and Robert Byron, who made temporary home amongst Peking's diplomats. Others sought in the treaty ports a refuge from bankruptcy, persecution or imprisonment. In 1943 the treaty ports were returned to China and most of their inhabitants were interned by the Japanese. yet the record of their residence remains in Shanghai's solid office buildings, in Tianjin's mock Tudor facades, and in the Edwardian villas of Beidahei and Xiamen. Through the reminiscences of the last inhabitants of the treaty ports, some of whom are still alive, this book recalls a foreign life lived in a foreign land. Please note, the image is for illustrative purposes only, actual book cover, binding and edition may vary. Please Read Before Buying: The book you are bidding on is a Reading Copy. You can call it "well loved" if you want, but the reality is this book is likely to be heavily worn, possibly with external damage. If you are after the text of the book then this will be absolutely fine, but it's unlikely to meet your needs for a present or as part of a collection. Please bear this in mind before bidding - we'd love to give every one of our books a home, but we want you to be clear on what you're paying for. World of Books Ltd offer a 100% money back guarantee. If for any reason you are not happy with your transaction, please let us know and we will do whatever we can to resolve your issues. 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Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us Copyright © World of Books Ltd - All rights reserved! , Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Title: No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943, EAN: 9780719557583, Binding: Hardback, Height: 41.91, Length: 235.97, Width: 166.12, Release Title: No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943, Artist: Wood, Frances, Book Title: No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China, 1843-1943, Publication Year: 1998, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Item Height: 240mm, Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Topic: Economics, Religious History, Christianity, History, Item Width: 159mm, Item Weight: 881g, Number of Pages: 379 Pages, John Murray Press<
