Public success, private sorrow [electronic resource] : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator / Isidore Cyril Cannon.

By:

Cannon, Isidore Cyril

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies seriesPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; [London : Eurospan distributor], 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 260 p.) : illISBN:

9789888052721 (electronic bk.)
9888052721 (electronic bk.)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public success, private sorrow.DDC classification:

352.448092 22

LOC classification:

DS796.H753 B743 2009eb

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EBSCOhost

Summary: The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.

The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.

Description based on print version record.