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Postal communication in China and its modernization, 1860-1896.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheng, Ying-wan., author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 34.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 34
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postal service--China--History.
- Postal service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1970.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- The Problems of Modernizing Postal Communication
- The Ch'ing Official Post
- The Letter Agencies
- Foreign Postal Establishments in China (1834-1896)
- The Origin and Development of the Customs Post
- Attempts to Create a National Post Office
- The Establishment of the Imperial Post Office
- Retardation of Modernization and its Consequences
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 129-141.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Postal Communication in China and Its Modernization, 1860-1896,
- ISBN:
- 9781684171651
- 9780674693203
- OCLC:
- 556893079
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684171651 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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