Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China by Hans van de Ven

Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China

Hans van de Ven

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From 1854 to 1952, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service delivered one-third to one-half of all revenue available to China’s central authorities. Much more than a tax collector, the institution managed China’s harbors and surveyed the Chinese coast...

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