Visible Cities - Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans

Zusammenfassung The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities—Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia.

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• Authors: Leonard Blusse, Leonard Blusse Blusse, Leonard Blusse'' Blusse, Leonard Blusse'
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780674026148
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02614-8
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures; The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures; The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries