Public success, private sorrow: the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator
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1. Verfasser: Cannon, Isidore Cyril (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College
Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Family Origins; 3 -- Early Years and Marriage; 4 -- The China Background; 5 -- Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6 -- Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7 -- Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8 -- Upheaval in Peking; 9 -- Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10 -- Discord in Mengtze; 11 -- B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12 -- The Customs College and Leave; 13 -- Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14 -- Family Affairs and the First World War
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 260 pages)
ISBN:9789888052721
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