Research Catalog

Title

The remarkable hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong and the West River region in the late Qing period / by Henry Sze Hang Choi.

Author

Choi, Henry Sze Hang

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Details

Description

xix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Focusing on the hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta and West River in the last two decades of the late Qing period, this work tells a vivid trading and competition story of previously unknown private Chinese traders and junk masters. This challenges the prevailing view of the domination of China's maritime trade by modern foreign steamships. Making use of unpublished Kowloon Maritime Customs and British diplomatic records in the late 19th and early 20th century, Henry Sze Hang Choi convincingly shows how these private Chinese traders flexibly adopted to the foreign-dominated maritime customs agencies and treaty port system in defending their Chinese homeland stronghold against the invasion of foreign economic power"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Brill's Studies in Maritime History, 2405-4917 ; volume 3

Uniform Title

Brill's studies in maritime history ; v. 3.

Subject

• Merchants > China, Southeast > History
• Junks > China, Southeast > History
• Steamboats > China, Southeast > History
• Shipping > China, Southeast > History
• Hong Kong (China) > Commerce > History > 19th century
• Hong Kong (China) > Commerce > History > 20th century
• Xi River Region (China) > Commerce > History > 19th century
• Xi River Region (China) > Commerce > History > 20th century
• China > Foreign economic relations > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Foreign economic relations > China

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275) and index.

Contents

Notes on English spelling of Chinese place names -- Conversion table of currency -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chinese junks and foreign steamships in Canton River Delta -- The West River -- Hybrid Chinese shipping : foreign-flagged Chinese junks and Chinese steam tugs -- Case study: Tai Li Steam Launch -- Piracy and shipping strategies on the West River -- Epilogue: Years after 1910 -- Appendices: A. Revised inland steam navigation regulations, 1898 -- B. The excerpt of the Mackay Treaty, 1902 -- C. Schedule A of Chinese Passengers Act of 1855 -- D. Prospectus and regulations of the Swatow Ch'ao-Yang and Kit-Yang Steam Launch Company.

Call Number

JFE 18-2935

ISBN

• 9789004341173
• 900434117X

LCCN

2017017703

OCLC

962840600

Author

Choi, Henry Sze Hang, author.

Title

The remarkable hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong and the West River region in the late Qing period / by Henry Sze Hang Choi.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Brill's Studies in Maritime History, 2405-4917 ; volume 3

Brill's studies in maritime history ; v. 3.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Choi, Henry Sze Hang. Remarkable hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong and the West River region in the late Qing period. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004341166 (DLC) 2017027784

Research Call Number

JFE 18-2935