Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Ch'ing Management of Foreign Relations Prior to the Arrow War -- I. The Arrow War: Western Demands for Diplomatic Representation in Peking -- II. The Arrow War: The Domestic Political Scene -- III. The Conduct of Foreign Affairs Following the Tientsin Treaties -- IV. Sino-Russian Contact in Peking (1859-1860) -- V. Conduct of Peace Negotiations in Peking, Fall i860 -- VI. Developments Following the Peking Conventions -- VII. The Tsungli Yamen -- Epilogue -- Sources of the Mottoes -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Index -- Bibliography -- Glossary
