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The IG. in Peking. Letters of Robert Hart. Chinese Maritime Customs 1868 1907. Edited by John King Fairbank Katherine Frost Bruner Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson. With an introduction by LK. Little. . . . I. G. L. K. [Buy it!] | CHINA HART. HART Robert. | USD 75.00 (Mon Jun 10 15:04:35 2024) | Biblio | Zephyr Used & Rare Books | Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, Date: 1975. Two vols. Tall thick 8vo. xxvi, [4], 825, [1]; vi, [2], [827]-1625, [1] pp. Frntsps. both vols., numerous maps, plates. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, (slght shlfwr, lbl residue on frnt pstdns), w/ d.j.s. still VG/NF set. First edition of this remarkable record of China under the late Qing court of the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi (Cixi). Hart built up an international staff of 1000s, facilitated foreign trade with China, gave the late-Qing court its new revenue, fostered China’s modernizing of schools, administration, naval development, postal service, and many other lines. He settled the Sino-French war, changed Macao’s status, managed to get borders drawn with Burma and India, and more. 1975. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, ISBN 0674443209 9780674443204 [US] |