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020			_a9789882208919
020			_z9789888139569 (hbk.)
020			_z9888139568 (hbk.)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP _dBD-SySUS.
100	1		_aAirlie, Shiona, _d1953-
245	1	0	_aScottish Mandarin _h[electronic resource] : _bthe life and times of Sir Reginald Johnston / _cShiona Airlie.
260			_aHong Kong : _bHong Kong University Press, _c2012. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :) _billustrations ;
490	1		_aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a"The predictable path (1874-1898) -- China beckons (1898-1903) -- The district officer (1904-1906) -- Lessons learned (1906-1907) -- Sacred sites (1907-1909) -- The daily gring (1910-1912) -- Unsettled times (1912-1914) -- The lowest point (1915-1918) -- The forbidden city (1919-1920) -- Mandarin of the first rank (1920-1923) -- The end of a dream (1924-1926) -- Commissioner of Weihai (1927-1930) -- Professor Johnston (1930-1935) -- The final fling (1935-1938).
520			_a"Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874-1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihaiwei in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty -- Twilight in the Forbidden City. Granted unique access to Johnston's extensive personal papers, once thought to be lost, Shiona Airlie tells the life of a complex and sensitive character whose career made a deep impression on 20th-century China."--Publisher's website.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aJohnston, Reginald Fleming, _cSir, _d1874-1938.
650		0	_aSinologists _vBiography.
650		0	_aScots _zChina _vBiography.
651		0	_aChina _xPolitics and government _y1912-1949.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789882208919/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c35520 _d35520