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This book examines the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese Customs Service1854-1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. Looks at professional lives, social activities, private lives, and how these factors were influenced by the changing political context. -- .

Table of Contents

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
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Index

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 1 March 2013
      ISBN-13 9780719085482
      978-0719085482
      ISBN-10 719085489
      Also in:
      Colonialism and imperialism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese Customs Service1854-1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. Looks at professional lives, social activities, private lives, and how these factors were influenced by the changing political context. -- .

      Table of Contents

      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

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