Download or read book In the Service of His Korean Majesty written by Wayne Patterson and published by Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B. This book was released on 2012 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, based upon the correspondence of William Nelson Lovatt, Korea's first commissioner of customs in Pusan, looks at the informal imperialism exercised by China over Korea in the 1880s, as China's increasing interventionism affected Lovatt's hiring, his experiences in Korea, and his eventual termination"--Provided by publisher.