The Canton trade: life and enterprise on the China coast, 1700-1845
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1. Verfasser: Van Dyke, Paul Arthur (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press 2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index
List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: China Opens Its Doors to the World; Chapter One -- Forging the Canton System; Chapter Two -- Canton Customs Procedures; Chapter Three -- Piloting the Pearl River; Chapter Four -- Compradors and The Provisions Trade; Chapter Five -- Linguists; Color Plates; Chapter Six -- Administrative Initiatives and Shortcomings; Chapter Seven -- Flag Boats, Silver, Contraband and Rice; Chapter Eight -- Macao Trade, Junk Trade, Capital Market and Commission Merchants; Chapter Nine -- The Canton Trade in Retrospect
This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 284 pages)
ISBN:9789888052844
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