Distant Shores : Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier /

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A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in itChina has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macauley, Melissa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:Histories of Economic Life ; 26
Temas:
Imperialism > Economic aspects.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Borneo.
British Empire.
Chinese history.
Malaya.
Ming dynasty.
Qing dynasty.
Southeast Asia.
Teochew.
Triad.
capitalism.
colonialism.
criminal underworld.
economic history.
global history.
history of piracy.
king of Siam.
maritime history.
opium trade.
opium wars.
opium.
piracy.
postcolonialism.
prostitution.
smuggling.
social history.
state building.
translocal.
transnational.
violence.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Great Convergence
  • Part I. The Curse of the Maritime Blessing, 1767-1891
  • 1 Pacifying the Seas
  • 2 Back in the World
  • 3 Brotherhood of the Sword
  • 4 Qingxiang
  • Part II Winning the Opium Peace Maritime Chaozhou from Shanghai to Siam, 1858-1929
  • 5 Qingxiang
  • 6 Narco-Capitalism
  • 7 "This Diabolical Tyranny"
  • 8 Translocal Families
  • 9 Maritime Chaozhou at Full Moon, 1891-1929
  • Conclusion: Territorialism and the State
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Total Value of Trade, Ten Leading Treaty Ports, 1875-1879
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A Note On The Type

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