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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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press
[2018]
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| 在線閱讀: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4cbj3j |
書本目錄:
- 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.