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9780415326193

Britain's Imperial Cornerstone in China: The Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1854-1949

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415326193

  • ISBN10:

    0415326192

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-04-12
  • Publisher: Routledge

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"This book provides an overview of the development of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as an essentially imperial institution focusing especially on the fate of the foreign inspectorate in its last decades when it faced challenges from nationalist elements, civil unrest and war, compounded with tensions between the inspectorate and British interests in China."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Donna Brunero is Research Fellow in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
List of abbreviations xv
1 Introduction 1(21)
2 An institutional review 22(32)
3 Gunboats and revenue, 1923-7 54(25)
4 Nationalist ascendancy and the politics of being Inspector General 79(22)
5 Charting a new course: the proposed Hong Kong—China Trade and Customs Agreement, 1929-30 101(17)
6 A Service in decline 118(29)
7 'Steadfast and fearlessly persistent': the CMCS in the face of war, 1937-45 147(14)
Notes 161(29)
Bibliography 190(6)
Index 196

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