Conflict and commerce in maritime East Asia : the Zheng family and the shaping of the modern world, c. 1620-1720 /

"The Zheng family of merchants and militarists emerged from the tumultuous seventeenth century amid a severe economic depression, a harrowing dynastic transition from the ethnic Chinese Ming to the Manchu Qing, and the first wave of European expansion into East Asia. Under four generations of l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hang, Xing, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Temas:
Zheng family.
1600-1699
Merchants > China > Biography.
Merchants > Taiwan > Biography.
Social conflict > East Asia > History > 17th century.
Commerçants > Chine > Biographies.
Commerçants > Taiwan > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Commerce.
International economic relations.
Merchants.
Social conflict.
China > Commerce > History > 17th century.
China > Foreign economic relations > Europe, Western.
Europe, Western > Foreign economic relations > China.
East China Sea > Commerce > History > 17th century.
South China Sea > Commerce > History > 17th century.
East Asia > Commerce > History > 17th century.
Chine orientale, Mer de > Commerce > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Chine méridionale, Mer de > Commerce > Histoire > 17e siècle.
China.
East Asia.
East China Sea.
Western Europe.
South China Sea.
Taiwan.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Setting the stage
  • 2. From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians
  • 3. Between trade and legitimacy
  • 4. Brave new world
  • 5. The Zheng state on Taiwan
  • 6. The lure of "China"
  • 7. A contingent destruction
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Romanization of East Asian Languages
  • Appendix 2: Measurements and Currency Conversions
  • Appendix 3: Zheng Market Share, Revenues, and Profitability, 1640-1683
  • Appendix 4: Glossary of Chinese Characters.

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