ISBN10: 0674443209, ISBN13: 9780674443204, [publisher: Belknap Press] Hardcover First Edition 1stedn; Two volumes, hb sm4to green cloth gilt letters AS NEW IN ORIG PUBL SHRINKWRAP, UNREAD; AS NEW DJ; xxx+1625pp, map, Volume One: b/w frontispiece & maps, foreword by J.K. Fairbank, history of the Hart-Campbell correspondence, list of official ranks in customs service, late Ch'ing rulers & Princes; Vol 2: introduction by L.K. Little, letters & notes dated 1868 through 1890, 11 b/w illustrations Two vols. Tall thick 8vo. xxvi, [4], 825, [1]; vi, [2], [827]-1625, [1] pp. Frntsps. both vols., numerous maps, plates. 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, etc.
[Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1975]