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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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Colección: | Chinese overseas ;
v. 2. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 conducting the trade with the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Using the Fujian-Singapore trade as an illustration and drawing on Chinese-language archival materials, this book looks at the state of tea production in Fujian, the overseas Chinese tea merchants and the fluctuations of the trade during the p. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 252 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004186903 9004186905 1282952412 9781282952416 |
ISSN: | 1876-3847 ; |