Public Success, Private Sorrow The Life and Times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and Pioneer Translator /
Cannon, Isidore Cyril.
The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Family Origins; 3 - Early Years and Marriage; 4 - The China Background; 5 - Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6 - Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7 - Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8 - Upheaval in Peking; 9 - Career Advancement;  Family Concerns; Plates; 10 - Discord in Mengtze; 11 - B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12 - The Customs College and Leave; 13 - Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14 - Family Affairs and the First World War
15 - End of Career16 - Retirement and Publication of the Romance; 17 - Final Years; 18 - The Man and His World; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography and Other Sources; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.
The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.
Description based on print version record.
Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. (Charles Henry), b. 1857.
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
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