Breaking with the past : the Maritime Customs Service and the global origins of modernity in China / Hans van de Ven.

Author: Van de Ven, Hans J.

Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Descriptionxiv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Note:The birth of a chameleon -- Robert Hart's panopticon -- The Customs Service during the self-strengthening movement, 1870-1895 -- The rise of the bond markets: the Customs Service becomes a debt collector, 1895-1914 -- Imperium in Imperio, 1914-1929 -- Tariff nation, smugglers' nation: the Customs Service in the Nanjing decade, 1929-1937 -- Maintaining integrity, 1937-1949 -- Epilogue: Echoes and shadows.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-380) and index.

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