Global trade in the nineteenth century: the house of houqua and the canton system
Auteur :
Wong, John D.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107150669
Date de publication :
4 juil. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,7 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
570 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.