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Free trade's first missionary : Sir John Bowring in Europe and Asia / Philip Bowring.
Van Pelt - Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections CT788.B764 B69 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowring, Philip, author.
- Language:
- Chinese
- Subjects (All):
- Bowring, John, 1792-1872.
- Bowring, John.
- Free trade--History--19th century.
- Free trade.
- Linguists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Linguists.
- Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- Relations.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Europe.
- Asia.
- Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Asia--Relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Relations--Asia.
- Europe--Relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Relations--Europe.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : Illustrations (some coloured), portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong kong : Hong kong univ press, 2014.
- Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Exeter Lad's Radical Roots
- 2.War, Spain and the Unitarians
- 3.Benthams Favourite Son
- 4.A Poisonous Greek Pie
- 5.Polyglot Poet Meets Kubla Khan
- 6.Reforming Politics and Public Accounts
- 7.The New Gospel: Free Trade
- 8.Of Egypt and Levantine Plagues
- 9.Bolton: Pit of Poverty and Progress
- 10.Progressive MP Coins the Florin
- 11.An Ironmaster Derails
- 12.Opiate of Various Peoples
- 13.Frustration at Canton
- 14.Some Progress on the China Coast
- 15.Arrow Ploy Sunk by Ye
- 16.The War of Two Bruces
- 17.Hong Kong: Good Input, Little Output
- 18.High-Minded Humiliation
- 19.The King and He: A Lasting Legacy
- 20.Philippine Fiesta
- 21.A New Wife and Energy to the End
- 22.Conclusion: Why He Matters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789888208722
- 9888208721
- OCLC:
- 894878335
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