| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
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Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Family Origins; 3 -- Early Years and Marriage; 4 -- The China Background; 5 -- Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6 -- Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7 -- Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8 -- Upheaval in Peking; 9 -- Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10 -- Discord in Mengtze; 11 -- B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12 -- The Customs College and Leave; 13 -- Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14 -- Family Affairs and the First World War. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1857-1938.
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Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1857-1938. |
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China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Translators -- China -- Biography.
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Translators. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cannon, Isidore Cyril. Public success, private sorrow. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; [London : Eurospan distributor], 2009 9789622099616 (DLC) 2010290844 (OCoLC)312626978 |
| ISBN |
9789888052721 (electronic book) |
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9888052721 (electronic book) |
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9622099610 (hardback) |
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9789622099616 (hardback) |
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