Free trade's first missionary : Sir John Bowring in Europe and Asia /

Reformer, intellectual, colonial governor, Sir John Bowring was the archetype of the ambitious men who made Britain a leading global power in the nineteenth century. Born to a modest trading family, he showed an aptitude for languages which led him to literature, then to radical politics in the stru...

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Main Author:	Bowring, Philip (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, Ã2014.
Subjects:	Bowring, John, > 1792-1872. 1800-1899 Free trade > History > 19th century. Linguists > Great Britain > Biography. Diplomats > Great Britain > Biography. Legislators > Great Britain > Biography. Asia > Relations > Great Britain. Great Britain > Relations > Asia. Europe > Relations > Great Britain. Great Britain > Relations > Europe. Electronic books. Biographies. History.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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