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.