In the service of his Korean majesty
Subtitle: William Nelson Lovatt, the Pusan Customs, and Sino-Korea relations, 1876-1888
By: Wayne Patterson
Series: Korea research monograph / Center For Korean studies -- 35
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781557291004
Subjects: Social life and customs; Foreign economic relations; Korea; Customs administration; History
Description: "This book, based upon the correspondence of William Nelson Lovatt, Korea's first commissioner of customs in Pusan, looks at the informal imperialism exercised by China over Korea in the 1880s, as China's increasing interventionism affected Lovatt's hiring, his experiences in Korea, and his eventual termination"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.