The China Consuls: British Consular Officers, 1843-1943
- List Price: $49.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish date: 08/01/1988
Description:
Too little attention has been paid to the overseas officials of Britain's imperial era. This book tells the story of one such body of men, the China consular service. In writing this book the author had the general reader primarily in mind, but it is not likely ever to be superseded as a work of reference for academic specialists in this period of Chinese history; and the administrative historian will find novel information about methods of recruitment into the service and about Foreign Office administration. It sets a new standard for studies of this type.
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