Free trade's first missionary : Sir John Bowring in Europe and Asia /
Bowring, Philip,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
Exeter Lad's Radical Roots -- War, Spain and the Unitarians -- Bentham's Favourite Son -- A Poisonous Greek Pie -- Polyglot Poet Meets Kubla Khan -- Reforming Politics and Public Accounts -- The New Gospel : Free Trade -- Of Egypt and Levantine Plagues -- Bolton : Pit of Poverty and Progress -- Progressive MP Coins the Florin -- An Ironmaster Derails -- Opiate of Various Peoples -- Frustration at Canton -- Some Progress on the China Coast -- Arrow Ploy Sunk by Ye -- The War of Two Bruces -- Hong Kong : Good Input, Little Output -- High-Minded Humiliation -- The King and He : A Lasting Legacy -- Philippine Fiesta -- A New Wife and Energy to the End -- Conclusion : Why He Matters.
Bowring, John, 1792-1872.
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