{"product_id":"yeh-ming-chen-viceroy-of-liang-kuang-1852-8-paperback-9780521103749","title":"Yeh Ming-Ch'en; Viceroy of Liang Kuang 1852-8 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521103749","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYeh Ming-Ch'en\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eViceroy of Liang Kuang 1852-8\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis important work will be studied with interest by historians of both China and England and of Anglo-Chinese relations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Y. Wong (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521103749, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe western reader is here presented with a biography of a major figure on the Chinese side in the crucial period of China's political contact with the western world, which describes a man of his own time and country, with his own background of education, endeavour and achievement and not merely a figure symbolic of Chinese obstruction of British purposes as he was seen from London or Hong Kong. This important work will be studied with interest by historians of both China and England and of Anglo-Chinese relations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Yeh's background and his time\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The administrator\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The military organiser\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The paymaster general\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The imperial commissioner for foreign affairs\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Yeh's last days\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006409068824,"sku":"9780521103749","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521103749i_71e2a759-4e35-401b-833f-f1586c39e66d.jpg?v=1694970898","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/yeh-ming-chen-viceroy-of-liang-kuang-1852-8-paperback-9780521103749","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}