Catherine Ladds Books
Russia and its northeast Asian neighbors
"As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russ...
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Empire Careers Working For The Chinese Customs Service 18541949
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This text examines the 11,000 foreign nationals who worked for the Chinese Customs Service from 1854 to 1949, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and...
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