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Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century : The House of Houqua and the Canton System by John D. Wong (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316605019
ISBN-139781316605011
eBay Product ID (ePID)240277396
Product Key Features
Number of Pages259 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGlobal Trade in the Nineteenth Century : the House of Houqua and the Canton System
Publication Year2017
SubjectAsia / General, Commerce
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn D. Wong
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'John D. Wong's superbly researched study of Houqua brings together a vast array of disparate sources that show clearly how this remarkable global trader effectively outwitted the prevailing commercial politics.' Paul A. Van Dyke, Sun Yat-sen University, China
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal382.09512/7
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. A study of the structural context: the colliding worlds in Canton; 2. Lodging in an existing institution: taming the lion at home; 3. Weaving a trading network: breaking free with the eagle; 4. Sustaining trust: overcoming business uncertainties through time and space; 5. To reorganize or to be recognized? Reconstituting business in the reconfigured world of global business; 6. Houqua's 'Swiss account' in America: the legacy of a farsighted entrepreneur; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisIn this engaging new study, John D. Wong examines the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world through the lens of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain. In contrast to interpretations that see Chinese merchants in this era as victims of rising Western mercantilism and oppressive Chinese traditions, Houqua maintained a complex balance between his commercial interests and those of his Western counterparts, all in an era of transnationalism before the imposition of the Western world order. The success of Houqua and Co. in configuring its networks in the fluid context of the early nineteenth century remains instructive today, as the contemporary balance of political power renders the imposition of a West-centric world system increasingly problematic, and requires international traders to adapt to a new world order in which China, once again, occupies center stage., 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.
LC Classification NumberHF3838
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