Plate section faces page Editors' Preface Acknowledgments / Use of Names List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Hillier Family Tree Medhurst Family Tree Map of Principal Locations of the Hillier and Medhurst Families, 1817-1927 Map of the Chinese Railway network, 1909 Introduction: Family, China and the British World Part 1: 1817- Chapter 1 Preparing for Entry Chapter 2 Opening the Treaty Ports Chapter 3 Colonising Hong Kong Chapter 4 Strong Wives Part 2: 1857- Chapter 5 Early Influences, Early Careers Chapter 6 The New Imperialism Chapter 7 Intimate Empire Chapter 8 Reform and Revolution, War and Withdrawal Chapter 9 Conclusion Time-line Bibliography Index.