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Merchants of Canton and Macao : Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade /

Merchants were central to the huge growth in China's foreign trade and contributed to the development of world markets and networks. Merchants of Canton and Macao: Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade brings together much new research about the inner workings of the merchants...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Van Dyke, Paul Arthur (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : global influences and their consequences
  • Swequa and brothers 1741-1772
  • Monqua and family 1734-1796
  • Poankeequa and family 1748-1788
  • Tan Anqua 1749-1790 and the inland tea men
  • The Wu family 1772-1802
  • The porcelain trade
  • Thirteen prominent porcelain dealers 1746-1806
  • Miscellaneous porcelain dealers 1724-1844
  • The silk trade
  • Silk weavers, embroiderers, and painters
  • Conclusion : unwritten realities of trade.