The Remarkable Hybrid Maritime World of Hong Kong and the West River Region in the Late Qing Period pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025

Preface
List of Maps, Illustrations, Tables and Diagrams
Notes on English Spelling of Chinese Place Names
Conversion Table of Currency
1 Introduction
2 Chinese Junks and Foreign Steamships in Canton River Delta
2.1 What were Chinese Junks?
2.2 Cost Differences between Junks, Steamships and Railway
2.3 The Maritime Trade of Canton River Delta and Hong Kong
2.4 Conclusion
3 The West River
3.1 The Survey Trips of the West River before Its Opening
3.2 James Legge’s Trip of the West River
3.3 Tourist Tours in Canton and the West River
3.4 The Unsolved Difficulties for Foreign Commercial Travelers
3.5 The Question of Inland Steam Navigation on the West River
3.6 The West River Trade
3.7 Conclusion
4 Hybrid Chinese Shipping: Foreign-Flagged Chinese Junks and Chinese Steam Tugs
4.1 The Establishment of the Kowloon Customs and the Regulation of Chinese Junks from 1887
4.2 The Problem of Foreign-Flagged Chinese Junks before the Mackay Treaty
4.3 The Mackay Treaty of 1902
4.4 The Continuous Plying of Foreign-Flagged Junks between Hong Kong and Canton after the Mackay Treaty
4.5 Foreign-Flagged Steamers in Chinese Waters
4.6 The Problems of Chinese Steam Launches and Steam Tugs
4.7 Case Study: Tai Li Steam Launch
4.8 Conclusion
5 Piracy and Shipping Strategies on the West River
5.1 Piracy on the West River
5.2 Measures to Suppress Piracy on the West River
5.3 The Case of S.S. Sainam Piracy
5.4 Conclusion
6 Epilogue: Years after 1910
Appendices
A Revised Inland Steam Navigation Regulations, 1898
B The Excerpt of the Mackay Treaty, 1902
C Schedule A of Chinese Passengers Act of 1855
D Prospectus and Regulations of the Swatow Ch’ao-yang and Kit-yang Steam Launch Company
Bibliography
Index
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