Breaking with the past : the Maritime Customs Service and the global origins of modernity in China /

From 1854 to 1952, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service delivered one-third to one-half of all revenue available to China's central authorities. Much more than a tax collector, the institution managed China's harbors and surveyed the Chinese coast. It oversaw a college training Chinese dip...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van de Ven, Hans J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Customs administration > China > History.
Douanes > Chine > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
HISTORY > World.
Customs administration.
International economic relations.
Diplomatic relations.
China > Foreign economic relations.
China > Foreign relations.
China > History.
Chine > Relations extérieures.
Chine > Histoire.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Graphs and Tables; Conventions; Introduction; 1. The Birth of a Chameleon; 2. Robert Hart's Panopticon; 3. The Customs Service During the Self-Strengthening Movement, 1870-1895; 4. The Rise of the Bond Markets: The Customs Service Becomes a Debt Collector, 1895-1914; 5. Imperium in Imperio; Illustrations; 6. Tariff Nation, Smugglers' Nation: The Customs Service in the Nanjing Decade, 1929-1937; 7. Maintaining Integrity, 1937-1949; Epilogue: Echoes and Shadows; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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