Sealing the mouth of outrage: Notes on the meaning and intent of Hart's These from the land of Sinim
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The collection of essays entitled 'These from the land of Sinim', written by Robert Hartfcritica, who was the chief fiscal administrator of the Chinese Empire during the 19th century, were written immediately after the relief of the besieged legations in Peking. These articles, written during the time when China's fate hung in balance, seem to have had the priorities of preventing the carve-up of China in the African model and realism in considering the preserved Empire's ability to make recompense for China's 'sins' in a time of world outrage.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2006
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Purloined letters: History and the Chinese Maritime Customs Service
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The relationship between the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, it chiefs and its historians are discussed and analyzed. The analysis of production of Customs history presents insight in the politics of late colonial history, the processes by which the institutions of informal empire lobbied for recognition, and the incorporation of their heroic tales into the contemporary and historical record.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2006
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The Boxer indemnity-'nothing but bad'
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The indemnity set by the victors following the Boxer Uprising and peculiar features characterized the relief of the Peking legations with the negotiations related to the Indemnity continuing into the immediate post World War II period. Examples of the specifics of the indemnity payment problems are provided in order to rationalize and categorize heir history.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2006
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