Robert Hart and China's early modernization

Robert Hart and China's early modernization: his journals, 1863-1866

by Hart, Robert

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Robert Hart and China's early modernization : his journals, 1863-1866 / edited and with narratives by Richard J. Smith, John K. Fairbank, Katherine F. Bruner.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1991.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 582 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781684172948, 1684172942
  • oclc:ocn558421483
  • LC Classification:HJ7071.A3
  • Dewey Decimal:354.510072/46/092

Table of Contents

Robert Hart in China's history. Hart meets the proper time ; Shanghai 1864: the Anglo-Ch'ing partnership -- Journals: 6 December 1863-15 May 1864 -- Peking 1864: establishing the I.G.'s status. The I.G. under the Tsungli Yamen ; The I.G. over the Maritime Customs Service -- Journals: 1 June 1864-25 October 1864 -- Hart at work: facets of administration. Financing the growth of service ; Touring the southern ports ; Administrative problems at Shanghai ; The Yangtze ports and Hart's return to Peking -- Journals: 26 October 1864-18 June 1865 -- Anglo-Ch'ing reform measures. The restoration reform program ; Hart's "bystander's view" and the Chinese response -- Journals: 2 July 1865-2 March 1866 -- Travels to Europe, 1866. The Pin-ch'un mission ; Hart's marriage -- Journals: 7 March 1866-7 August 1866 -- Perspectives and hypotheses. Hart as intermediary ; China's domestic transformation ; The provenance of reform proposals ; Hart's influence -- the Alcock Convention of 1869 ; The customs and imperialism -- Appendixes. A: Foreigner's positions in the Imperial Maritime Customs ; B: Letters from Hart to E.C Bowra ; C: Letters from Hart to Hester Jane Bredon.

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Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political China China., Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Customs administration Customs administration -- Diaries. -- O… Customs administration -- Officials and… Customs administration -- Sources. -- H… Customs duties Diaries Douanes -- Journaux intimes. -- Fonctio… Douanes -- Sources. -- Histoire -- Chine Electronic books Hart, Robert History Sources

Writers

Hart, Robert Bruner, Katherine Frost Fairbank, John King Smith, Richard J., (Richard Joseph)

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