H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and Historian of China 0813160022, 9780813160023
Hosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imp
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Origins and Education, 1855–1874
2. Entering China's Service, 1874–1877
3. Adventures in North China, 1877–1879
4. Rising in the Service, 1879–1885
5. Advising the China Merchants' Company, 1885–1887
6. Shanghai and Pakhoi, 1887–1892
7. Tamsui, 1892–1895
8. Taiwan in the Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895
9. Lungchow and Pakhoi, 1896–1899
10. Yochow, 1899–1900
11. Long Leave and Resumption of Duty, 1900–1903
12. Heading the Statistical Department, 1904–1908
13. Morse's Second Career, 1909–1934
14. Morse as Historian
Afterword
Appendix A: Summary of H.B. Morse's Customs Career
Appendix B: Obituary of Morse
Notes
Bibliographic Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Fairbank, John King, dl907H. B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and historian of China I John King Fairbank, Martha Henderson Coolidge, and Richard J. Smith. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-6002-3 1. Morse, Hosea Ballou, 1855-1934. 2. Customs administrationChina-Officials and employees-Biography. 3. China-Foreign relations-1644-1912. I. Coolidge, Martha Henderson, 192511. Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944III. Title. HJ707l.A3M674 1995 951'.035'092--