The Resource Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator, Isidore Cyril Cannon
Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator, Isidore Cyril Cannon
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The item Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator, Isidore Cyril Cannon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)
- Contents
-
- Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1
- Introduction; 2
- Family Origins; 3
- Early Years and Marriage; 4
- The China Background; 5
- Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6
- Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7
- Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8
- Upheaval in Peking; 9
- Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10
- Discord in Mengtze; 11
- B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12
- The Customs College and Leave; 13
- Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14
- Family Affairs and the First World War
- Isbn
- 9789882207301
- Label
- Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator
- Title
- Public success, private sorrow
- Title remainder
- the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator
- Statement of responsibility
- Isidore Cyril Cannon
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H., (Charles Henry), 1857-1938
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H., (Charles Henry), 1857-1938
- China
- China, Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
- China, Hai guan zong shui wu si shu -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Employees
- Translators
- Translators -- China -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cannon, Isidore Cyril
- Dewey number
- 352.448092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS796.H753
- LC item number
- B743 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H.
- China
- Translators
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H.
- China
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Employees
- Translators
- China
- Label
- Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator, Isidore Cyril Cannon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Family Origins; 3 -- Early Years and Marriage; 4 -- The China Background; 5 -- Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6 -- Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7 -- Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8 -- Upheaval in Peking; 9 -- Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10 -- Discord in Mengtze; 11 -- B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12 -- The Customs College and Leave; 13 -- Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14 -- Family Affairs and the First World War
- Control code
- 650853760
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789882207301
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1kcz4r
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650853760
- Label
- Public success, private sorrow : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator, Isidore Cyril Cannon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword for the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Note on Romanization; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Family Origins; 3 -- Early Years and Marriage; 4 -- The China Background; 5 -- Life in Foochow: Family, Teaching, Writing; 6 -- Change of Career: The Chinese Customs; 7 -- Tientsin: Marriage and the Michies; 8 -- Upheaval in Peking; 9 -- Career Advancement; Family Concerns; Plates; 10 -- Discord in Mengtze; 11 -- B-T's Sons and the Ellises; 12 -- The Customs College and Leave; 13 -- Alone in Foochow and Mukden; 14 -- Family Affairs and the First World War
- Control code
- 650853760
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789882207301
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1kcz4r
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650853760
Subject
- Biographies
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H., (Charles Henry), 1857-1938
- Brewitt-Taylor, C. H., (Charles Henry), 1857-1938
- China
- China, Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
- China, Hai guan zong shui wu si shu -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Employees
- Translators
- Translators -- China -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
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