The I. G. in Peking: letters from Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907 ... With an introduction by L. K. Little
by Fairbank, John King, Katherine Frost Bruner, & Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson, editors
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Cambridge & London: Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxiv, [6], 825, [1]; [10], 829-1625, [1]; frontispieces, 20 illustrations and 4 maps; fine set in near fine dust jackets. Robert Hart's 45-year tenure in China's maritime customs service as Inspector General. Hart was the most important and most influential Westerner in Qing dynasty China. According to Jung Chang, he transformed Chinese Customs "from an antiquated set-up, anarchical and prone to corruption, into a well-regulated modern organization, which contributed enormously to China's economy."
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- The I. G. in Peking: letters from Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907 ... With an introduction by L. K. Little
- Author
- Fairbank, John King, Katherine Frost Bruner, & Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson, editors
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- Used
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- Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1975
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