LEADER 01908oam 2200493 450 001 9910781293603321 005 20170523091620.0 010 $a9786612709432 010 $a1-282-70943-7 010 $a988-8052-84-5 035 $a(OCoLC)814551367 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRLA08R 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000031389 100 $a20121023d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Canton trade /$fPaul A. Van Dyke 205 $a1st edition. 210 $aHong Kong $cHong Kong University Press ;$aLondon $cEurospan [distributor]$d2005 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHong Kong University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (280 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a962-209-749-9 311 $a962-209-828-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index. 330 $aThis 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. 607 $aGuangzhou (China)$xCommerce$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGuangzhou (China)$xCommerce$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xCommerce$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aChina$xCommerce$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations 676 $a380 676 $a951.275032 700 $aVan Dyke$b Paul Arthur$01026983 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781293603321 996 $aThe Canton trade$93713199 997 $aUNINA