Breaking with the Past : : The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China / / Hans van de Ven.
Between its founding in 1854 and its collapse in 1952, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service delivered one-third to one-half of all revenue collected by China's central authorities. Much more than a tax collector, the institution managed China's harbors, erected lighthouses, and surveyed th...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) :; ‹B›Graphs: ‹/B›14,, ‹B›B&W Illus.: ‹/B›20. |
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