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Empire careers : working for the Chinese customs service, 1854-1949

Ladds, Catherine

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This text examines the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese customs service from 1854 to 1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. It looks at professional lives, social activities, private lives, and how these factors were influenced by the changing political context.

• Publisher: Manchester University Press ; distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Officials and employees History 19th century. / China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Officials and employees History 20th century. / Foreign workers China History 19th century. / Foreign workers China History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780719085482, 0719085489

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HJ7071.L33 2013	1	BOOK	BUSINESS