Merchants of Canton and Macao : success and failure in eighteenth-century Chinese trade / Paul A. Van Dyke.

Author
Van Dyke, Paul Arthur [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2016]
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations

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Summary note
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 of Canton and Macao. The book studies in detail the leading Chinese merchants and merchant families as well as the porcelain and silk trades. By examining the successes and failures of dozens of Chinese merchants involved in foreign trade, it provides fresh insights into China's unique form of capitalism and her role in the rise of global commerce. Van Dyke's conclusions on the nature of Qing policy towards foreign trade are bold, original and supported by intensive research. In contrast to the traditional focus on British and American trade, his research draws on archives in multiple languages, spread around the world.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-424) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • 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.
Other title(s)
Success and failure in eighteenth-century Chinese trade
ISBN
  • 9789888313853 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9888313851 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
957224226
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