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Auteur:	Wong, John D.
Titel:	Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century The House of Houqua and the Canton System
Uitgever:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781316605011
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 47.68
Verschijningsdatum:	21-12-2017
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Economic history
Geillustreerd:	14 Halftones, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	260
Hoogte mm.:	153
Breedte mm.:	229
Dikte mm.:	16
Gewicht gr.:	392

 

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A comprehensive study of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain. John D. Wong examines the dynamics of global exchange configured around nineteenth-century Canton, illustrating how the Chinese economy was integrated with global networks well before the Opium Wars.