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Atkins, Martyn Patrick


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380578

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Atkins, Martyn Patrick

Date(s): 1992

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Atkins | Martyn Patrick | fl 1992 | historian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Chinese Maritime Customs (formerly the Imperial Maritime Customs) collected customs duties from foreign ships and administered port facilities on behalf of the Chinese Government. It was managed mainly by foreigners, largely British. The appointment of a new Inspector-General in 1928 caused controversy between the Chinese and British governments, having implications for Western business interests in China and relations between the two countries.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript thesis, 'Informal Empire in Crisis: British Diplomacy and the Chinese Customs Succession, 1927-1929', for the degree of MA at Cornell University, USA, 1992.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Database.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by the author in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds records relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs, including papers of Edward Charles Mackintosh and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (Ref: PP MS 69), Sir Robert Hart (Ref: PP MS 67), and Sir Frederick Maze (Ref: PP MS 2). SOAS also holds the papers of Sir John Pratt (Ref: PP MS 5) and records of John Swire & Sons Ltd (Ref: JSS) relating to China, consulted for M P Atkins's thesis.

Publication note:

M P Atkins's thesis was published as Informal empire in crisis: British diplomacy and the Chinese customs succession, 1927-1929 (Cornell East Asia studies, no 74, c1995).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: British Library OPAC.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Asian history | National history
Customs policy | Finance
Foreign relations | International relations
International trade | Trade
History
Trade (practice)

Personal names
Atkins | Martyn Patrick | fl 1992 | historian

Corporate names
Chinese Maritime Customs x Imperial Maritime Customs

Places
China | East Asia
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe