H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and historian of China / John King Fairbank, Martha Henderson Coolidge, Richard J. Smith
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1995. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #383455
ISBN: 0813119340
Physical description: 314 pages; illustrations, maps. Notes: Maps on lining paper. Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-299) and index.
Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Origins and Education, 1855-1874; 2. Entering China's Service, 1874-1877; 3. Adventures in North China, 1877-1879; 4. Rising in the Service, 1879-1885; 5. Advising the China Merchants' Company, 1885-1887; 6. Shanghai and Pakhoi, 1887-1892; 7. Tamsui, 1892-1895; Illustrations; 8. Taiwan in the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; 9. Lungchow and Pakhoi, 1896-1899; 10. Yochow, 1899-1900; 11. Long Leave and Resumption of Duty, 1900-1903; 12. Heading the Statistical Department, 1904-1908; 13. Morse's Second Career, 1909-1934
14. Subjects: Morse, Hosea Ballou 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou 1855-1934. Customs administration China Officials and employees ; Biography. Douanes Chine Fonctionnaires ; Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. HISTORY. Customs administration Officials and employees.
Diplomatic relations.
Biografie. Geschichtsschreibung
Historici. Geschichte 1908-1927. Customs administration China Officials and employees ; Biography. Customs administration China. Customs administration China Officials and employees Biography. 15.75 history of Asia. Customs administration China History.
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