Britain's imperial cornerstone in China : the Chinese maritime customs service, 1854-1949

Britain's imperial cornerstone in China the Chinese maritime customs service, 1854-1949

This is an in-depth account of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, a uniquely cosmopolitan institution established in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars (1842 to 43), and a central feature of the Treaty Port system. The British-dominated service was headed by the fam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brunero, Donna, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2006.
2017.
Colección:Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 36.
Materias:
China. > Hai guan zong shui wu si shu.
History, Modern > China > 19th century.
International relations > History > 19th century.
China > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 19th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433693706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • chapter 1 Introduction
  • chapter 2 An institutional review
  • chapter 3 Gunboats and revenue, 1923-7
  • chapter 4 Nationalist ascendancy and the politics of being Inspector General
  • chapter 5 Charting a new course
  • chapter 6 A Service in decline
  • chapter 7 Steadfast and fearlessly persistent: the CMCS in the face of war, 1937-45.

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