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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書誌詳細
その他の著者: Van Dyke, Paul Arthur (編集者), Schopp, Susan E. (編集者)
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press [2018]
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4cbj3j
目次:
  • Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. British Private Traders between India and China; 2. Ambiguous Faces of the Canton Trade; 3. French Private Trade at Canton, 1698-1833; 4. Trading with Traders; 5. The Private Eye in Old Canton; 6. Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) as Anti-Opium China Trader and Sino-Western Cultural Intermediary; 7. The Life and Loves of Michael Grubb; 8. 'Money, Credit, and Strong Friends'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.