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Guest blog: Yorgos Moraitis on Robert Hart and his Loyalties, Neither Chinese Nor British
Robert Hart is a key figure in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Chinese history, best known for building and expanding the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs (CIMC) during his nearly fifty years as Inspector General (1863-1910). Beyond overseeing tax collection on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Maritime Customs Service, diplomacy, Robert Hart
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Andrew Hillier on Bessie Pirkis: A Renaissance Woman in Peking Part 2
Concluding his overview of the recently digitised Pirkis Collection, Dr Andrew Hillier digs further into these 400 cartes de visite to consider what the collection tells us about the legation world and the European presence in Peking more generally during … Continue reading
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Tagged British in China, Cartes des Visite, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, Consular Service, Legation, Robert Hart
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Andrew Hillier on Bessie Pirkis: A Renaissance Woman in Peking
A recent approach to HPC revealed a treasure trove of material relating to life in the British Legation, Peking, in the 1870s and early 1880s, but, as Dr Andrew Hillier explains, making sense of the photographs can be a challenge. … Continue reading
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Tagged British in China, Cartes des Visite, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, Consular Service, Legation, Robert Hart
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