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Postal communication in China and its modernization, 1860-1896.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheng, Ying-wan.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 34.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postal service--China--History.
- Postal service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Distribution:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1970.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1970.
- Summary:
- Provides a history of the modernization of the Chinese postal service, with chapters on the problems of modernizing postal communication, the Ch'ing official post, letter agencies, early foreign postal establishments in China, the origin and development of the customs post, attempts to create a national postal service, and the establishment of the Imperial Post Office.
- 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: p. 129-141.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68417-165-2
- OCLC:
- 556893079
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684171651 DOI
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