Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Authors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Structure of this Book; Chapter 2: Histories in Parallel; Sir Robert Hart -- an Irishman in China; A Common Rural Background; A Similar Colonial Past; The Experience of Emigration; Chapter 3:...

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