The private side of the Canton trade, 1700-1840 : beyond the companies /
It is not often recognized that China was one of the few places in the early modern world where all merchants had equal access to the market. This study shows that private traders, regardless of the volume of their trade, were granted the same privileges in Canton as the large East India companies....
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press
[2018]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4cbj3j |
| Summary: | It is not often recognized that China was one of the few places in the early modern world where all merchants had equal access to the market. This study shows that private traders, regardless of the volume of their trade, were granted the same privileges in Canton as the large East India companies. All of these companies relied, to some extent, on private capital to finance their operations. Without the investments from individuals, the trade with China would have been greatly hindered. Competitors, large and small, traded alongside each other while enemies traded alongside enemies. Buddhists, |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-170) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888455171 9888455176 9789888390939 9888390937 |