Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880
Anglo-China traces the development of colonial rule in early British Hong Kong. Drawing on a variety of hitherto neglected sources, the book also explores how the daily practice of government affected the lives of people in the region - and how they in turn sought to shape colonial rule.
Drawing on a variety of hitherto neglected sources, the book also explores how the daily practice of government affected the lives of people in the region - and how they in turn sought to shape colonial rule.
This book examines the regulation of the earliest securities markets in England and the United States, from their origins in the 1690s through the 1850s. Professor Banner argues that during the reign of Queen Anne a complex and moderately effective body of regulatory control was already extant, reflecting widespread Anglo-American attitudes toward securities speculation. He uses traditional legal materials as well as a broad range of nonlegal sources to show that securities regulation has a much longer ancestry than is often supposed.
This book examines the regulation of the earliest securities markets in England and the United States, from their origins in the 1690s through the 1850s.
Over a period of about 90 years, six members of the Adams family, originally from Pembrokeshire, were teachers in Wales and England. This account of their experiences and methods illustrates educational continuity and change during a century of development.
American. attitudes. toward. securities. trading,. 1720-1792. Shares of
government debt and of business enterprises were not traded in North America
on a significant scale until the later part of the eighteenth century, nearly a
century after the ...
The Paper War and the Development of Anglo-American Nationalisms, 1800-1825 offers fresh insight into the evolution of British and American nationalisms, the maturation of apologetics for slavery, and the early development of anti-Americanism, from approximately 1800 to 1830.
Inchiquin's. Letters. and. Anglo-American. Nationalism. A significant campaign in
the Paper War commenced with the appearance in 1810 of Inchiquin, the Jesuit's
Letters. Credited to 'some unknown foreigner', Inchiquin's Letters purported to ...