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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778532503321

Autore

Blussé Leonard <1946->

Titolo

Visible cities [[electronic resource] ] : Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the coming of the Americans / / Leonard Blussé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-02843-0

Descrizione fisica

xi, 133 p. : ill., maps

Collana

The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures ; ; 2006

Disciplina

950/.3

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / General

Guangzhou (China) History

Jakarta (Indonesia) History

Nagasaki-shi (Japan) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 2006"--P. [i].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-128) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Three Windows of Opportunity -- 2 Managing Trade across Cultures -- 3 Bridging the Divide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities-Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia.