H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and historian of China /
Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991,
H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and historian of China / John King Fairbank, Martha Henderson Coolidge, Richard J. Smith. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Maps on lining paper.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-299) and index.
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. Morse as HistorianAfterword; Appendix A: Summary of H.B. Morse's Customs Career; Appendix B: Obituary of Morse; Notes; Bibliographic Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Hosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service, becoming one of its most able commissioners and acquiring a deep knowledge of China's economy and foreign relations. After his retirement in 1909, Morse devoted himself to scholarship. He pioneered in the Western study of China's foreign relations, weaving from the tangled threads of the Ch'ing dynasty's foreign affairs several seminal interpretive histories, most notably his three-volume magnum opus, The International Relations of the.
0813171040 (electronic bk.) 9780813171043 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (acid-free paper)
Morse, Hosea Ballou, 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou, 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou.
1644-1912
Customs administration--Officials and employees--China--Biography.
Douanes--Fonctionnaires--Chine--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY.
Customs administration--Officials and employees.
Diplomatic relations.
Biografie
Geschichtsschreibung
Historici.
Geschichte 1908-1927.
China--Foreign relations--1644-1912.
Chine--Relations extérieures--1644-1912.
China.
China
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biografieën (vorm)
HJ7071.A3 / M674 1995eb
951/.035/092 B
H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and historian of China / John King Fairbank, Martha Henderson Coolidge, Richard J. Smith. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Maps on lining paper.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-299) and index.
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. Morse as HistorianAfterword; Appendix A: Summary of H.B. Morse's Customs Career; Appendix B: Obituary of Morse; Notes; Bibliographic Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Hosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service, becoming one of its most able commissioners and acquiring a deep knowledge of China's economy and foreign relations. After his retirement in 1909, Morse devoted himself to scholarship. He pioneered in the Western study of China's foreign relations, weaving from the tangled threads of the Ch'ing dynasty's foreign affairs several seminal interpretive histories, most notably his three-volume magnum opus, The International Relations of the.
0813171040 (electronic bk.) 9780813171043 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (acid-free paper)
Morse, Hosea Ballou, 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou, 1855-1934.
Morse, Hosea Ballou.
1644-1912
Customs administration--Officials and employees--China--Biography.
Douanes--Fonctionnaires--Chine--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY.
Customs administration--Officials and employees.
Diplomatic relations.
Biografie
Geschichtsschreibung
Historici.
Geschichte 1908-1927.
China--Foreign relations--1644-1912.
Chine--Relations extérieures--1644-1912.
China.
China
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biografieën (vorm)
HJ7071.A3 / M674 1995eb
951/.035/092 B