In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from the Chinese state; it inhabited the space made by extraterritoriality by building institutions and engaging in practices which had consequences for the development of the treaty ports, and which need to be at the forefront of any attempt to understand colonialism in China. Through a focus both on the creation of law and institutions, and also on the management of British ‘problem populations’ – violent Europeans and ‘martial’ Indians – this book provides a revision of the history of empire and colonialism in China, explaining important features which have to date been glossed over in studies of other aspects of treaty port colonialism. Colonialism in China casts a long shadow, but key aspects of the British state’s central role in this history have before now been little understood.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Table 1. Annual total of foreign and British ships entering Shanghai port (1844–55).
- Table 2. The Indian population of Shanghai 1880–1925
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Preface
- Chinese geographical names and note on romanisation
- 1 Britain and colonialism in China
- Analysing empire and colonialism in China
- The Foreign Office archive and other sources
- Book structure
- 2 British institutions of governance in China
- Britain in China before the treaties
- The wider foreign presence and the treaty ports in China 1843–1927
- Centres of British executive power in the treaty era: London, Hong Kong and Beijing
- The consuls and British governance at the treaty ports
- British Consuls and Mixed Courts
- The 1865 Order in Council and the new British court
- Conclusion
- 3 Sailors, destitutes and the ‘rowdy class’: British crime and violence in China
- Avoiding collision and bloodshed: creation of the apparatus of control
- New responses to disorder: Frederick Bruce at Shanghai and Beijing
- Violence and the ‘rowdy class’ under the British Supreme Court at Shanghai
- The impact of ideas of racial difference in cases of violence against Chinese
- Conclusion
- 4 Indian colonial subjects and British governance in China
- ‘Martial’ Indians in China
- Adapting to new threats: policies and regulations to deal with ‘martial’ Indians
- Indians in China and British law in practice
- The Courts and the Gurdwara
- Conclusion
- 5 The colonial state and governance beyond sovereignty
- Bibliography
- Index
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