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Visible cities : Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the coming of the Americans /

The 1700s saw the rise of the China market and some notable changes to global consumption patterns. This book explores the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities - Canton, a major trading city, Nagasaki, official port of Tokugawa Japan, and Batavia, link between...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blussé, Leonard, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Colección:The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures ; 2006
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The 1700s saw the rise of the China market and some notable changes to global consumption patterns. This book explores the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities - Canton, a major trading city, Nagasaki, official port of Tokugawa Japan, and Batavia, link between the Indian Ocean and China seas.
Notas:"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 2006"--Page i
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 133 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-128) and index.
ISBN:9780674028432
0674028430