Robert Hart and China’s Early Modernization :His Journals, 1863–1866 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
Robert Hart and China’s Early Modernization :His Journals, 1863–1866 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
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Published:
1 July, 1991
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Description
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.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780674775305 |
| ISBN10 | 0674775309 |
| Number Of Pages | 600 |
| Item Weight | 953 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 43 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Format | hardback |
Author's Bio
John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.