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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van de Ven, Hans J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
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.
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