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Entering China's Service : Robert Hart's Journals, 1854-1863 / Katherine F. Bruner, John K. Fairbank, Richard J. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 125.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 125
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customs administration--China--History--Sources.
- Customs administration.
- Customs administration--Officials and employees--China--Diaries.
- Customs administration--Officials and employees.
- History.
- China.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Robert Hart's Journals, 1854-1863
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1986.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Robert Hart was one of those empire builders of the Victorian age who had a long and nearly uninterrupted experience in China, from 1854, when as a young Irishman from Belfast he landed in Ningpo, until 1908, when as a man in his seventies he finally retired to England.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Hart's Origins / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Journal / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Ningpo: Hart's Induction into the Chinese Scene / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Ningpo to Canton 1855-1858: Hart Grows with the Times / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Hart and the New Anglo-Chinese Order of the 1860s / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- The Impact of Robert Hart's Administration / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Notes / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Bibliography / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Glossary/Index / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith
- Harvard East Asian lvIonographs / Katherine F. Bruner , John K. Fairbank and Richard J. Smith.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Entering China's Service: Robert Hart's Journals, 1854-1863,
- ISBN:
- 9781684172627
- 9780674257351
- OCLC:
- 576186678
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684172627 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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