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UNINA9910459598403321 |
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Autore |
Downs Jacques M. |
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Titolo |
The golden ghetto : the American commercial community at Canton and the shaping of American China policy, 1784-1844 / / Jacques M. Downs |
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Hong Kong : , : HKU Press, , [2014] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (507 p.) |
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Echoes : classics of Hong kong culture and history |
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Americans - China - Guangzhou - History |
Merchants - China - Guangzhou - History |
Electronic books. |
Guangzhou (China) Commerce History |
United States Foreign economic relations China |
China Foreign economic relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso. |
"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the |
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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 Revolution of 1776 and the signing of the Sino-US Treaty of Wanghia in 1844. American merchants lived in isolation from Chinese society in sybaritic, albeit usually celibate luxury. Making use of exhaustive research, Downs provides an especially clear explanation of the Canton commercial setting generally and of the role of American merchants. Many of these men made fortunes and returned home to become important figures in the rapidly developing United States. The book devotes particular attention to the biographical details of the principal American traders, the leading American firms, and their operations in Canton and the United States. Opium smuggling receives especial emphasis, as does the important topic of early diplomatic relations between the United States and China. |
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UNINA9910449966803321 |
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Improving audit effectiveness [[electronic resource] /] / Editor, Gerald Vinten |
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Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004 |
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1-280-51468-X |
9786610514687 |
1-84544-209-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (148 p.) |
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Managerial Auditing Journal. No. 7 ; ; Vol. 19 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Auditing |
Accounting |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; A study of the audit committees' functioning in Bahrain Empirical |
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findings; A quality self-assessment model; The ability of analytical procedures to signal transaction errors; International knowledge, skills, and abilities of auditors/accountants Evidence from recent competency studies; Audit expectation gap The case of Malaysia; Environmental management and auditing systems The reality of environmental self-regulation; An examination of the relationship between internal and external audit in the Saudi Arabian corporate sector |
Antecedents and consequences of organizational commitment to accounting organizationsFactors contributing to auditor-change decisions in Malta; News items |
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Audit committees (ACs) are a powerful tool in effective corporate governance. This study examines the functioning of ACs in Bahrain from the responses of 30 companies listed on the Bahrain stock exchange. Data were collected from questionnaires from companies and the audit firms. The study primarily focuses on the extent to which companies in Bahrain have been following the standard recommendations and guidelines provided by the blue ribbon committee (BRC). Size, type of auditors and industry type influence the establishment of ACs in Bahrain. The establishment of ACs have been slow yet, most |
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UNISA996214307803316 |
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Titolo |
Liberal democracy Nepal bulletin |
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New Mexico, : Nepal Study Center, University of New Mexico, 2005- |
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Democracy - Nepal |
Democracy |
Politics and government |
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Nepal Politics and government Periodicals |
Nepal |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Periodico |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen. |
Editor: 2005-, Alok K. Bohara. |
Issues for 2005- include special issue with proceedings of the Liberal Democracy Nepal Workshop. |
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