British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-42

Klappentext An account of the activities of British merchants in China in the crucial years before the Treaty of Nanking (1842). Zusammenfassung An account of the activities of British merchants in China in the crucial years before the Treaty of Nanking (1842)! which transformed the relations between the Celestial Empire and the Western 'barbarians' and placed them upon a footing that was to last for 100 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Old China Trade; 2. The Honourable Company and the Private English; 3. The Canton Commercial System; 4. The Development of the Canton Trade to 1834; 5. Opium; 6. Business and Financial Organisation; 7. The Victory of the Free Traders; 8. Ledger and Sword.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Greenberg, Greenberg Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521079167
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07916-7
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain