{"product_id":"h-b-morse-customs-commissioner-and-historian-of-china-paperback","title":"H.B. Morse, Customs Commissioner and Historian of China - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn King Fairbank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartha Henderson Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard J. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service, becoming one of its most able commissioners and acquiring a deep knowledge of China's economy and foreign relations. After his retirement in 1909, Morse devoted himself to scholarship. He pioneered in the Western study of China's foreign relations, weaving from the tangled threads of the Ch'ing dynasty's foreign affairs several seminal interpretive histories, most notably his three-volume magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eThe International Relations of the Chinese Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1910-18).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time of his death, Morse was considered the major historian of modern China in the English-speaking world, and his works played a profound role in shaping the contours of Western scholarship on China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegun as a labor of love by his protégé, John King Fairbank, this lively biography based primarily on Morse's vast collection of personal papers sheds light on many crucial events in modern Chinese history, as well as on the multifaceted Western role in late imperial China, and provides new insights into the beginnings of modern China studies in this country. Half-finished when Fairbank died, the project was completed by his colleagues, Martha Henderson Coolidge and Richard J. Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn King Fairbank\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1991) was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History at Harvard University and founder\/director of Harvard's East Asian Research Center, now the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. \u003cb\u003eMartha Henderson Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e is associate in research at the Fairbank Center at Harvard University. \u003cb\u003eRichard J. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history and director of Asian Studies at Rice University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50011264680184,"sku":"9780813160023","price":54.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/kKyo31Lill9780813160023.webp?v=1784303825","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/h-b-morse-customs-commissioner-and-historian-of-china-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}