The Canton trade : life and enterprise on the China coast, 1700-1845 /
This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Hong Kong : London :
Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor],
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789888052844 9888052845 |