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The I.G. in Peking. Letters of Robert Hart. Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907. Edited by John King Fairbank, Katherine Frost Bruner, Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson. With an introduction by L.K. Little. . . .
by [CHINA -- HART]. HART, Robert
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0674443209
- ISBN 13
- 9780674443204
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 1975. Two vols. Tall thick 8vo. xxvi, [4], 825, [1]; vi, [2], [827]-1625, [1] pp. Frntsps. both vols., numerous maps, plates. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, (slght shlfwr, lbl residue on frnt pstdns), w/ d.j.s. still VG/NF set. First edition of this remarkable record of China under the late Qing court of the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi (Cixi). Hart built up an international staff of 1000s, facilitated foreign trade with China, gave the late-Qing court its new revenue, fostered China’s modernizing of schools, administration, naval development, postal service, and many other lines. He settled the Sino-French war, changed Macao’s status, managed to get borders drawn with Burma and India, and more.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45022
- Title
- The I.G. in Peking. Letters of Robert Hart. Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907. Edited by John King Fairbank, Katherine Frost Bruner, Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson. With an introduction by L.K. Little. . . .
- Author
- [CHINA -- HART]. HART, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674443209
- ISBN 13
- 9780674443204
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press,
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA:
- Date Published
- 1975.
- Keywords
- China, Chinese History, Asia, East Asia, Robert Hart, Inspector General, Chinese Maritime Customs, Qing Court, Ching, Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi, Cixi, Burma, India, Southeast Asia, Letters, Memoirs, Biography
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