Victorian Travelers and the Opening of China,

Three men and three woman -- a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers -- went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the opium trade, 1842-1907. Their range of perspectives, their acquaintance with one another and their similar scope of travel to Hong Kong, the treaty ports, and Sichuan lend intensity to their picture of China and the Western presence there.

List of Illustrations

ix

Preface

xi

List of Abbreviations

xiii

A Note on Chinese Names

xv

Introduction: Opening China

1

(26)

Part One / Travel and the Business of Empire

Gathering in China: Robert Fortune

27

(28)

Westward the Course of Empire: Archibald John Little

55

(28)

Part Two / Globetrotters in China

An Unbiased Stranger: Constance Gordon Cumming

83

(26)

The Pen and the Sword: Major Henry Knollys

109

(26)

In Search of Elysium: Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop)

135

(28)

Part Three / Women of Empire

Oreintalizing Feminism: Mrs. Archibald Little (A.E.N. Bewicke)

163

(40)

Conclusion: An Opened China

189

(14)

Notes

203

(30)

Bibliography

233

(14)

Index

247

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Victorian Travelers and the Opening of China, 1842-1907

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