the Maritime Customs Service and the global origins of modernity in China /
Hans van de Ven
xiv, 396 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-380) and index
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