H. B. Morse : Customs Commissioner and historian of China /

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Hosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service, becoming one of its most able commissioners and acquiring a deep knowledge of China's economy and foreign relations. After his retireme...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991, Coolidge, Martha Henderson, 1925- (Autor), Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Temas:
Morse, Hosea Ballou, > 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou, > 1855-1934
1644-1912
Customs administration > China > Officials and employees > Biography.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Douanes > Chine > Fonctionnaires > Biographies.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Imperialism
Customs administration > Officials and employees
Diplomatic relations
China > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > 1644-1912.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1837-1901.
Chine > Relations extérieures > 1644-1912.
Chine > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Chine.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1837-1901.
Great Britain
China
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / John K. Fairbank
  • Origins and education, 1855-1874
  • Entering China's service, 1874-1877
  • Adventures in North China, 1877-1879
  • Rising in the service, 1879-1885
  • Advising the China Merchants' Company, 1885-1887
  • Shanghai and Pakhoi, 1887-1892
  • Tamsui, 1892-1895
  • Taiwan in the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
  • Lungchow and Pakhoi, 1896-1899
  • Yochow, 1899-1900
  • Long leave and resumption of duty, 1900-1903
  • Heading the statistical department, 1904-1908
  • Morse's second career, 1909-1934
  • Morse as historian / John K. Fairbank
  • Afterword / Richard J. Smith
  • Appendix A. Summary of H. B. Morse's customs career
  • Appendix B. Obituary of Morse / C. A. V. Bowra.

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