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Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land, and Power by Robert A. Bickers; Isabella Jackson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through "unequal treaties", whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government" "This book presents a wide range of new research on the Chinese treaty ports the key strategic places on Chinas coast where in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries various foreign powers controlled, through 'unequal treaties', whole cities or parts of cities, outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities. Topics covered include land and how it was acquired, the flow of people, good and information, specific individuals and families who typify life in the treaty ports, and technical advances, exploration, and innovation in government"

Who reads Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land, and Power?

Author

Robert A. Bickers; Isabella Jackson

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317266280

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Law, History