Author: Cheng, Ying-wan
Title: Postal Communication in China and its Modernization, 1860-1896
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 1970. orig.wrappers. 26x17cm. xii,150 pp, Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs, 34.. Textual maps & tables.. Some rubbing. Rear cover corner creased. VG. ¶ Contents: The Problems of Modernizing Postal Communication; The Ch'ing Official Post; The Letter Agencies; Foreign Postal Establishments in China(1834-1896); The Origin and Development of the Customs Post; Attempts to Create a National Post Office; The Establishment of the Imperial Post Office; Retardation of Modernization and its Consequences.

Keywords: Chinese Postal Service, Ch'ing Government, China East Asia, Post Office, Administration, Political History, Politics, ,