Entering China's Service

Robert Hart's Journals

Edited and with Narratives by Katherine Bruner

Edited and with Narratives by John King Fairbank

Edited and with Narratives by Richard J. Smith

    Preface

    1. Hart's Origins 2. Journal: HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI 27 AUGUST--19 OCTOBER 1854

    3. Ningpo: Hart's Induction into the Chinese Scene

    THE MISSIONARY COMMUNITY
    HART'S CHINESE STUDIES
    SOCIAL LIFE
    THE TONE OF MISSIONARY LIFE
    PROBLEMS OF FOREIGN TRADE

    4. Journal: NINGPO 20 OCTOBER 1854--29 JULY 1855

    5. Ningpo to Canton 1855--1858: Hart Grows with the Times

    PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
    PUBLIC CAREER
    THE FOREIGN INSPECTORATE OF CUSTOMS AT SHANGHAI
    THE STRUGGLE AT CANTON
    SINO-FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF CANTON
    THE RISE OF H. N. LAY

    6. Journal: CANTON 20 MARCH-6 DECEMBER 1858

    7. Hart and the New Anglo-Chinese Order of the 1860s

    EXPANSION OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE
    THE CH'ING DYNASTY'S POLICY CHANCES OF 1860—1861
    HART'S FIRST VISITS TO PEKING, 1861
    THE PROBLEM OF DEFENDING SHANGHAI
    THE FLOTILLA SCHEME PEKING
    NEGOTIATIONS: LAY'S SHIPWRECK

    8. Journal: PEKING AND SHANGHAI 6 JUNE--29 NOVEMBER 1863

    9. Epilogue: The Impact of Robert Hart's Administration

    MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE

    HART'S BICULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT

    THEMES OF HIS ADMINISTRATION

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Glossary/Index

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John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.