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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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.


