Britain's Imperial Cornerstone in China
Subtitle: the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1854-1949
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780203315125
Subjects: Great Britain; China; Foreign relations
Description: This book provides an overview of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, focussing especially on its later years and in particular on the experiences of the foreign administration.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 An institutional review; 3 Gunboats and revenue, 1923-7; 4 Nationalist ascendancy and the politics of being Inspector General; 5 Charting a new course; 6 A Service in decline; 7 'Steadfast and fearlessly persistent'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.