Britain's Imperial Cornerstone In China

This book provides an overview of the Service, focusing especially on the later years of the Service and the experiences of the foreign administration of the Service as it attempted to negotiate between Chinese and foreign expectations and interests. The book is written by a British scholar and it takes an Anglocentric approach, using the vast English documentation produced by the British-dominated bureaucracy in China.

This book provides an overview of the Service, focusing especially on the later years of the Service and the experiences of the foreign administration of the Service as it attempted to negotiate between Chinese and foreign expectations and interests. Review: Brunero takes the lead in the publication of her doctoral dissertation in the face of the newly accessible collection of abundant archival materials. Despite the recent historiographic development of decolonisation and China-centered perspective, Brunero's book purposefully and bravely takes an Anglocentric approach utilising the vast English documentation produced by the British-dominated bureaucracy in China in order to gain insight into the function and mindset of the inspectorate. -- Yuehtsen Chung, Itinerario 2007