TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheng,Ying-wan
ED  - Harvard University.
TI  - Postal communication in China and its modernization, 1860-1896
T2  - Harvard East Asian Monographs
SN  - 9781684171651
AV  - HE7205 .C49
U1  - 383/.49/51 
PY  - 1970///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Harvard University Asia Center
KW  - Postal service
KW  - China
KW  - History
N1  - Bibliography: p. 129-141; Preliminary Material -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9781684171651
ER  -