The golden ghetto : the American commercial community at Canton and the shaping of American China policy, 1784-1844 /

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Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city's most important foreign communities--the Americans--during the decades between the American Revolut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Downs, Jacques M., 1926- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
Edición:Hong Kong University Press edition.
Colección:Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Temas:
Merchants > China > Guangzhou > History.
Americans > China > Guangzhou > History.
Commerçants > Chine > Canton > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Americans.
Commerce.
International economic relations.
Merchants.
China > Foreign economic relations > United States.
United States > Foreign economic relations > China.
Guangzhou (China) > Commerce > History.
China.
China > Guangzhou.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the republication of the golden ghetto
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The golden ghetto
  • Old Canton and its trade
  • American business under the old system
  • Opium transforms the Canton system
  • The residents and their firms
  • The dominant firms
  • The other houses
  • The China trader
  • Cushing's treaty
  • The creation of an official policy
  • The mission to China
  • Retrospection
  • Epilogue : the legacy of old Canton
  • List of abbreviations
  • Appendix 1. Wade-Giles-Pinyin equivalents
  • Appendix 2. Statistics and the American trade
  • Appendix 3. A note on the silver trade
  • Appendix 4. Known partners of American firms at Canton, 1803-44
  • Appendix 5. Commercial family alliances
  • Appendix 6. Robert Bennet Forbes's correspondence with Warren Delano, 1879
  • Appendix 7. A note on sources.

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