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Linking an Asian transregional commerce in tea : overseas Chinese merchants in the Fujian-Singapore trade, 1920-1960 /

Current historical work on the international tea trade has focussed on the Sino-British trade and the impact of capitalism and modern technology on tea production in India and Ceylon. These studies have overlooked the changes that were afoot in the Fujian tea industry and the problems with conductin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lim, Jason, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Chinese overseas ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Currency, Weight, and Area; Note on Orthography; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Anxi, Xiamen, and the Fujian-Singapore Tea Trade; Chapter 2 Fujian Tea Production, 1920-1960; Chapter 3 The Anxi Tea Merchants in Singaporre; Chapter 4 From National Product to Controlled Export, 1932-1947; Chapter 5 Trade, the Cold War, and Decolonisation, 1945-1960; Conclusion The Overseas Chinese Merchants: The Link in an Interregional Tea Trade; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; Plates.