Robert Hart and Chinas Early Modernization by Robert Hart

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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 Pinch’un Mission and his marriage in Northern Ireland.

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Robert Hart and Chinas Early Modernization by Robert Hart

These journal entries continue the sequence begun in Entering Chinas Service and cover the years when Hart was setting up Customs procedures, establishing a modus operandi with the Ching bureaucracy, and inspecting the treaty ports. They culminate in Harts return visit to Europe with the Pinchun Mission and his marriage in Northern Ireland.
John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.
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ISBN 13 9780674775305
ISBN 10 0674775309
Title Robert Hart and Chinas Early Modernization
Author Robert Hart
Series Harvard East Asian Monographs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University, Asia Center
Year published 1991-06-01
Number of pages 600
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