The Dutch East India Company's tea trade with China, 1757-1781 - Liu, Yong (Brill, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES ON SPELLING; GLOSSARY; EXPLANATION OF THE UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS; INTRODUCTION; List of Maps; CHAPTER ONE THE CHINA COMMITTEE AND ITS MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINA TRADE; List of Figures; CHAPTER TWO BATAVIA'S ROLE IN THE DIRECT CHINA TRADE; List of Illustrations; CHAPTER THREE THE PURCHASE OF THE "VOC TEAS" IN CANTON; List of Tables; CHAPTER FOUR THE DUTCH-CHINESE-EUROPEAN TRIANGLE; CHAPTER FIVE THE SALE OF THE "VOC TEAS" IN EUROPE; CHAPTER SIX THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF THE TEA TRADE AND ITS CONCLUSION; NOTES; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Presents a case study of the Dutch East India Company's tea trade with China, dealing with the phase of 1757-1781. This work focuses on the question why and how the tea trade was taken out of the hands of the High Government in Batavia and put under the supervision of the newly established China Committee in 1757