Catherine Ladds

Empire careers (eBook, PDF)

Working for the Chinese Customs Service, 1854-1949

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book-length study of the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese Customs Service between 1854 and1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. In doing so it highlights the vast range of people - British and non-British, elite and non-elite - for whom the empire world spoke of opportunity. Empire careers considers the professional triumphs and tribulations of the foreign staff, their social activities, their private and family lives, and how all of these factors were influenced by the changing political context in China and abroad. Contrary to the common assumption that China was merely an 'outpost' of empire, exploration of the Customs' cosmopolitan personnel encourages us to see China as a place where multiple imperial trajectories converged, overlapped and competed.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of imperial history and the political history of modern China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526118226
• Artikelnr.: 60361193

Autorenporträt

Catherine Ladds is Assistant Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction 1. Introduction: The Customs
China
and the empire world 2. The Customs mindset: Ethos
ideologies and knowledge about China 3. 'We want men and not encyclopaedias': Joining the Customs Service 4. 'That chaotic and Gilbertian Service': Working life in the Customs 5. Private lives
public reputations: The off-duty world of the Customs staff 6. Leaving the Service: Home
identity
and post-Customs lives 7. Conclusion Select bibliography Index