Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator /

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The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Directo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cannon, Isidore Cyril
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : [London] : Hong Kong University Press ; [Eurospan distributor], 2009.
Colección:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Temas:
Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. > (Charles Henry), > 1857-1938.
Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. > (Charles Henry), > b. 1857.
Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. > (Charles Henry), > 1857-1938
China. > Hai guan zong shui wu si shu > Officials and employees > Biography.
China. > Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Translators > China > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Employees
Translators
China
Electronic books.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1
  • Introduction; 2
  • Family Origins; 3
  • Early Years and Marriage; 4
  • The China Background; 5
  • Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6
  • Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7
  • Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8
  • Upheaval in Peking; 9
  • Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10
  • Discord in Mengtze; 11
  • B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12
  • The Customs College and Leave; 13
  • Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14
  • Family Affairs and the First World War.

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