The Making Of China’s Post Office: Sovereignty Modernization And Connection A Nation Weipin Tsai Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Making Of China’s Post Office Traces Origins And Early Development Country’s Modern Postal System Sweeping In Perspective It Goes Beyond Bounds Institutional History To Explore Political Maneuverings Economic Imperatives Societal Pressures Both Inhibiting Driving Forward Although Its Prime Mover Was Robert Hart Inspector General Chinese Maritime Customs Service Wider Cast Characters Includes Foreign Native Staff Qing Officials Local Administrations Commercial Interests Governments Drawing Extensively On Archival Material From Second Historical Archives China Nanjing Tianjin Municipal Archive Queen’s University Belfast Weipin Tsai Contextualizes Within Long Contested Path Modernization Bringing Voices Fore Illustrates Extent Which Agency Shaped Design As Expanded Experimental Coastal Operation Into Interior Border Periphery First Nationwide Project Directly Impact People’s Daily Lives Ultimately Grand Spatial Reach Carried Significant Symbolic Meaning Relation Sovereignty For Government Later Republican Σελίδες: 450 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0220 Διαστάσεις: 15 2X15 2Cm