TY - BOOK ID - 78488220 TI - Merchants of Canton and Macao PY - 2016 SN - 9888313851 9789888313853 9888139320 9789888139323 PB - Hong Kong DB - UniCat KW - Merchants KW - Businesspeople KW - History KW - Macau (China) KW - Guangzhou (China) KW - Yang-chʻeng (Guangdong Sheng, China) KW - Kanton (China) KW - Wu-yang chʻeng (China) KW - Hui-chʻeng (China) KW - Kuang-chou (Guangdong Sheng, China) KW - Kwangchow (China) KW - Canton (China) KW - Kwangju (China) KW - Guang zhou (China) KW - Kouang-chou (China) KW - Quảng Châu (China) KW - Shengcheng (China) KW - Puyün (China) KW - Pʼan-yü (Guangzgou Shi, China) KW - Kwang-chowfu (China) KW - Fan-yü (China) KW - Kuang-chou-shih (China) KW - Guangzhoushi (China) KW - 广州 (China) KW - Macau (Macau) KW - Macao (China) KW - Ao-men (China) KW - Aomen (China) KW - Cidade de Macau (China) KW - 澳门 (China) KW - Commerce KW - E-books KW - S10/0210 KW - S10/0450 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: before 1840 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Commerce inside China: general and before 1911 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78488220 AB - Merchants were central to the huge growth in China's foreign trade and contributed to the development of world markets and networks. Merchants of Canton and Macao: Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade brings together much new research about the inner workings of the merchants of Canton and Macao. The book studies in detail the leading Chinese merchants and merchant families as well as the porcelain and silk trades. By examining the successes and failures of dozens of Chinese merchants involved in foreign trade, it provides fresh insights into China's unique form of capitalism and her role in the rise of global commerce. Van Dyke's conclusions on the nature of Qing policy towards foreign trade are bold, original and supported by intensive research. In contrast to the traditional focus on British and American trade, his research draws on archives in multiple languages, spread around the world. ER -