Merchants of Canton and Macao : politics and strategies in eighteenth-century Chinese trade /

Paul Van Dyke works in many languages and archives to uncover the history of Peark River trade. This two-volume work is likely to be the most definitive reference work on the major trading families of Guangzhou. Organized as a series of family studies, this first volume includes exhaustive profiles...

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Main Author:	Van Dyke, Paul Arthur
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hong Kong [China] : [Kyoto, Japan] : Hong Kong University Press ; Kyoto University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Merchants > China > Macau (Special Administrative Region) > History > 18th century. Merchants > China > Guangzhou > History > 18th century. China > Foreign economic relations. China > Commercial policy. Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > Commerce > History > 18th century. Guangzhou (China) > Commerce > History > 18th century. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Paul Van Dyke works in many languages and archives to uncover the history of Peark River trade. This two-volume work is likely to be the most definitive reference work on the major trading families of Guangzhou. Organized as a series of family studies, this first volume includes exhaustive profiles of nine of the dominant hongs and their founding patriarchs for which good information survives: Tan Suqua, Tan Hunqua, Cai and Qiu, Beaukeequa, Yan, Mandarin Quiqua, Ye and Tacqua Amoy, Zhang, and Liang.
Item Description:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 electronic text (xxxii, 545 pages) :) : color illustrations, digital fil
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [483]-517) and index.
ISBN:	9789888053773