Research Catalog
Merchants of Canton and Macao Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade
- Title
- Merchants of Canton and Macao [electronic resource] : Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade / Paul A. Van Dyke.
- Author
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
- Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2016]
Details
- Additional Authors
- Project Muse.
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (xlvii, 443 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) :) : color illustrations.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Merchants of Canton and Macao (Online)
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Alternative Title
- Merchants of Canton and Macao (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-424) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on 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.
- OCLC
- ssj0001736969
- Author
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
- Title
- Merchants of Canton and Macao [electronic resource] : Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade / Paul A. Van Dyke.
- Imprint
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
- Series
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-424) and index.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Project Muse.
- Other Form:
- Print version: 9789888139323