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Empire careers
Working for the Chinese Customs Service, 1854–1949
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English
Published/Copyright:
2013
About this book
This is the first book-length study of the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese Customs Service between 1854 and1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. In doing so it highlights the vast range of people – British and non-British, elite and non-elite – for whom the empire world spoke of opportunity. Empire careers considers the professional triumphs and tribulations of the foreign staff, their social activities, their private and family lives, and how all of these factors were influenced by the changing political context in China and abroad. Contrary to the common assumption that China was merely an ‘outpost’ of empire, exploration of the Customs’ cosmopolitan personnel encourages us to see China as a place where multiple imperial trajectories converged, overlapped and competed.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of imperial history and the political history of modern China.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of imperial history and the political history of modern China.
Author / Editor information
Contributor: Catherine Ladds
Catherine Ladds is Assistant Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University
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Front matter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of tables
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List of figures
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Acknowledgements
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List of abbreviations
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General Editor’s Introduction
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1 Introduction
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2 The Customs mindset
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3 ‘We want men and not encyclopaedias’
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4 ‘That chaotic and Gilbertian Service’
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5 Private lives, public reputations
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6 Leaving the Service
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7 Conclusion
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Select bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781526118226
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eBook ISBN:
9781526118226
Keywords for this book
Chinese Customs Service; expatriates; globalisation; imperial ideologies; imperialism; networks
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
