Robert Hart and China's Early Modernization - His Journals, 1863-1866 (Hardcover, New)

As the Ch'ing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service, Robert Hart was the most influential Westerner in China for half a century. These journal entries continue the sequence begun in Entering China's Service and cover the years when Hart was setting up Customs procedures, establishing a modus operandi with the Ch'ing bureaucracy, and inspecting the treaty ports. They culminate in Hart's return visit to Europe with the Pin-ch'un Mission and his marriage in Northern Ireland. Richard Smith, John King Fairbank, and Katherine Bruner interleave the segments of Hart's journals with lively narratives describing the contemporary Chinese scene and recounting Hart's responses to the many challenges of establishing a Western-style organization within a Chinese milieu.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Asia Center
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Harvard East Asian Monographs
Release date:	June 1991
First published:	June 1991
Authors:	Robert Hart • Richard J Smith • John King. Fairbank • Katherine F. Bruner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	600
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-77530-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-674-77530-9
Barcode:	9780674775305

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