In the service of his Korean majesty :
William Nelson Lovatt, the Pusan Customs, and Sino-Korea relations, 1876-1888 /
Wayne Patterson.

Description

Main Author

Patterson, Wayne, 1946-

Language(s)

English

Published

Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 2011.

Subjects

Lovatt, William Nelson, > Lovatt, William Nelson, / 1838-1904.
Customs administration > Customs administration / Korea > Customs administration / Korea / History > Customs administration / Korea / History / 19th century.
Pusan (Korea) > Pusan (Korea) / Social life and customs.
Korea > Korea / Foreign economic relations > Korea / Foreign economic relations / China > Korea / Foreign economic relations / China / History.
China > China / Foreign economic relations > China / Foreign economic relations / Korea > China / Foreign economic relations / Korea / History.

Summary

"This book, based upon the correspondence of William Nelson Lovatt, Korea's first commissioner of customs in Pusan, looks at the informal imperialism exercised by China over Korea in the 1880s, as China's increasing interventionism affected Lovatt's hiring, his experiences in Korea, and his eventual termination"--Provided by publisher.

Physical Description

xii, 193 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN

1557291004
9781557291004

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