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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456887603321

Autore

Van Dyke Paul Arthur

Titolo

The Canton trade [[electronic resource] ] : life and enterprise on the China coast, 1700-1845 / / Paul A. Van Dyke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press

London, : Eurospan [distributor], 2005

ISBN

9786612709432

1-282-70943-7

988-8052-84-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

380

951.275032

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Guangzhou (China) Commerce History 18th century

Guangzhou (China) Commerce History 19th century

China Commerce History 18th century

China Commerce History 19th century

China Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols.