The Private Side of the Canton Trade, 1700–1840 Beyond the Companies
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It is not often recognized that China was one of the few places in the early modern world where all merchants had equal access to the market. This study shows that private traders, regardless of the volume of their trade, were granted the same privileges in Canton as the large East India companies. All of these companies relied, to some extent, on private capital to finance their operations. Without the investments from individuals, the trade with China would have been greatly hindered. Competitors, large and small, traded alongside each other while enemies traded alongside enemies. Buddhists, Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Parsees, Armenians, Hindus, and others lived and worked within the small area in the western suburbs of Canton designated for foreigners. Cantonese shopkeepers were not allowed to discriminate against any foreign traders. In fact, the shopkeepers were generally working in a competitive environment, providing customer-oriented service that generated goodwill, friendship, and trust. These contributed to the growth of the trade as a whole. While many private traders were involved in smuggling opium, others, such as Nathan Dunn, were much opposed to it. The case studies in this volume demonstrate that fortunes could be made in China by trading in legitimate items just as successfully as in illegitimate ones, which tellingly suggests that the rapid spread of opium smuggling in China could be a result of inadequate, rather than excessive, regulation by the Qing government.
العنوان |
The Private Side of the Canton Trade, 1700–1840 Beyond the Companies / edited by Paul A. Van Dyke and Susan E. Schopp. |
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الناشر |
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse |
Manufacture |
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2019 |
ملاحظات |
Previously issued in print: 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-170) and index. |
رقم الرف |
Preface / Paul A. Van Dyke -- Introduction / Paul A. Van Dyke and John E. Wills Jr. -- British private traders between India and China / Jessica Hanser -- Ambiguous faces of the Canton trade : Moors, Greeks, Armenians, Parsees, Jews, and Southeast Asians / Paul A. Van Dyke -- French private trade at Canton, 1698-1833 / Susan E. Schopp -- Trading with traders : the wonders of Cantonese shopkeepers / Maria Kar-wing Mok -- The private eye in Old Canton : questions and agendas for discussion / John E. Wills Jr. -- Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) as anti-opium China trader and Sino-Western cultural intermediary / Jonathan Goldstein -- The life and loves of Michael Grubb : A Swedish trader in eighteenth-century Canton and Macao / Lisa Hellman -- 'Money, credit, and strong friends' : Warren Delano II and the importance of social networking in the Old China trade / Thomas H. Cox -- Conclusion / Paul A. Van Dyke. |
الشكل |
1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
تأريخ حقوق الملكية الفكرية |
©2019 |
رقم النظام |
997010704600705171 |
MARC RECORDS
وسوم
- China Foreign economic relations.
- China Commerce History 19th century.
- China Commerce History 18th century.
- Guangzhou (China) Commerce History 19th century.
- Guangzhou (China) Commerce History 18th century.
- Yang-chʻeng (Guangdong Sheng, China)
- Kanton (China)
- Wu-yang chʻeng (China)
- Hui-chʻeng (China)
- Kuang-chou (Guangdong Sheng, China)
- Kwangchow (China)
- nne Canton (China)
- Kwangju (China)
- Guang zhou (China)
- Kouang-chou (China)
- Quảng Châu (China)
- Shengcheng (China)
- Puyün (China)
- Pʼan-yü (Guangzgou Shi, China)
- Kwang-chowfu (China)
- Fan-yü (China)
- Kuang-chou-shih (China)
- Guangzhoushi (China)
- 广州 (China)
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- Cina
- Kinë
- Cathay
- Chinese National Government
- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu
- Republic of China (1912-1949)
- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949)
- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949)
- Kina (China)
- National Government (1912-1949)
- China (Republic : 1912-1949)
- People's Republic of China
- Chinese People's Republic
- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo
- Central People's Government of Communist China
- Chung yang jen min cheng fu
- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo
- Central Government of the People's Republic of China
- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo
- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika
- Činská lidová republika
- RRT
- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok
- KNR
- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika
- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah
- RRC
- Kitaĭ
- Kínai Népköztársaság
- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku
- Erets Sin
- Sin
- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn
- P.R. China
- PR China
- PRC
- P.R.C.
- Chung-kuo
- Zhongguo
- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949)
- Zhong guo
- Chine
- République Populaire de Chine
- República Popular China
- Catay
- VR China
- VRChina
- 中國
- 中国
- 中华人民共和国
- Jhongguó
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- БНХАУ
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- Kitad
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- Думдад Улс
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