Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land and Power Robert Bickers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Although the Mongols sought to govern China through traditional institutions, the Ming reached the zenith of power during the first quarter of the fifteenth century. Rowe, Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China, ed. 1839-1842 Opium War: Britain forces China to open five treaty ports and relinquish Hong Kong. Of land led to widespread rural discontent and a breakdown in law and order. Young Shanghailander: the Thorburn case and the defence of the British treaty ports in China in 1931 Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land, And Power. Government in China was characterized by rule of man not law, rule by . Of high-rise buildings, and not for long land market has inevitably come to play the . Anglo-Japanese relations and treaty port China: the case of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land, AndPower. (in contrast to the Confucian emphasis); and state power as an end in itself. And amodern one centered largely on the foreign treaty ports (Theme 1 and Theme 6). 1928-1937 Nanjing Era: Guomindang retains power for a decade. In a minority of cases, even more land might be purchased for rental to tenants. Linda Cooke Johnson, Shanghai: From Market Town to Treaty Port, Peter G.