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本书引用历史文献, 地方史志甚多, 条分缕析, 透过论述宋代广州海外贸易的历史片段和零缣, 不仅反映出宋代中国海外贸易的概况, 也使读者认识到历久不衰, 今天更加繁荣的广州海外贸易发展面貌的一鳞一 爪, 是一本探讨中国地方贸易史的经典著作.

This study eschews the uncritical acceptance of secondary sources that has characterized studies in this field, going back to and reinterpreting previously neglected primary sources, thereby enabling it to chart linkages between the European and Asian trades that have been regarded as parallel but unrelated (or at best competing) activities. In so doing, the work sheds new light on this crucial period.
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This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols. The narrative, however, reads like a story as the author unravels the daily lives of all the players from sampan operators, pilots, compradors and linguists, to country traders, supercargoes, Hong merchants and customs officials. New areas to studies of this kind are covered as well, such as Armenians, junk traders and rice traders, all of whom played intricate roles in moving the commerce forward. "The Canton Trade" shows that contrary to popular belief, the trade was stable, predictable and secure, with many incentives built into the policies to encourage it to grow. The huge expansion of trade was, in fact, one of the factors that contributed to its collapse as the increase in revenues blinded government officials to the long-term deterioration of the lower administrative echelons. In the end, the system was toppled, but that happened mainly because it had already defeated itself.
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• Introduction--
• 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.
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In this engaging new study, John 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.
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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.
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• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. The years of the Co-hong 1760-1770
• 2. The opening of trade and the debt crisis 1771-1781
• 3. Problems with porcelain
• 4. Ups and downs of trade 1782-1789
• 5. Vantage points, perspectives and artistic presentation
• 6. Rise of the private traders 1790-1799
• 7. American entrepreneurs and the brief return of the French 1800-1814
• 8. New British factories, return of the Danes, and the Great Fire 1815-1822
• 9. The shopping streets in the Foreign Quarter
• Conclusion
• Appendix. Foreign movements between Canton and Macao 1760-1769.

Hundreds of Chinese export paintings of Canton trading houses and shopping streets are in museums and private collections throughout the world, and scholars of art and history have often questioned the reliability of these historical paintings. In this illustrated volume, Paul Van Dyke and Maria Mok examine these Chinese export paintings by matching the changes in the images with new historical data collected from various archives. Many factory paintings are reliable historical records in their own right and can be dated to a single year.

• Introduction : Whampoa and the Canton trade
• Ship data, manipulation of trade figures, and British dominance
• Anchoring, careening, commodores, and signalling
• Bankshalls
• Healthcare, injuries, deaths, and drunkenness
• Death estimates, burial protocols, and special celebrations
• Crimes and punishments
• Chinese thefts
• Labour market, desertions, and dismissals
• Protests, EIC Row Guard, religious services, and the Belvidere mutiny
• Floating brothels and 'unnatural acts'
• Disasters and marine insurance
• The story is in the details

"Paul A. Van Dyke's new book, Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700-1842, authoritatively corrects misconceptions about how the Qing government treated foreigners when it controlled all trade in the Guangzhou port. Van Dyke reappraises the role of Whampoa in the system--a port twenty kilometres away from Guangzhou--and reassesses the government's attitude towards foreigners, which was much more accommodating than previous research suggested. In fact, Van Dyke shows that foreigners were not bound by local laws and were given freedom of movement around Whampoa and Canton to the extent that they were treated with leniency even when found in off-limit places. Whampoa and the Canton Trade recounts the lives of seamen who travelled half-way around the globe at great risk and lived through a historic period that would become the framework for subsequent encounters between China and the rest of the world. Were it not for the exchanges between the major powers and the Qing empire, the world--as we know it--would be a rather different place. Hence, Van Dyke's command of data mining shows that Whampoa was a key pillar in the Canton System and, thus, in the making of the modern world economy."-- Back cover

Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city's most important foreign communities--the Americans--during the decades between the American Revolution of 1776 and the signing of the Sino-US Treaty of Wanghia in 1844. American merchants lived in isolation from Chinese society in sybaritic, albeit usually celibate luxury. Making use of exhaustive research, Downs provides an especially clear explanation of the Canton commercial setting generally and of the role of American merchants. Many of these men made fortunes and returned home to become important figures in the rapidly developing United States. The book devotes particular attention to the biographical details of the principal American traders, the leading American firms, and their operations in Canton and the United States. Opium smuggling receives special emphasis, as does the important topic of early diplomatic relations between the United States and China.Since its first publication in 1997, The Golden Ghetto has been recognized as the leading work on Americans trading at Canton. Long out of print, this new edition makes this key work again available, both to scholars and a wider readership.
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• Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction;
• 1. British Private Traders between India and China;
• 2. Ambiguous Faces of the Canton Trade;
• 3. French Private Trade at Canton, 1698-1833;
• 4. Trading with Traders;
• 5. The Private Eye in Old Canton;
• 6. Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) as Anti-Opium China Trader and Sino-Western Cultural Intermediary;
• 7. The Life and Loves of Michael Grubb;
• 8. 'Money, Credit, and Strong Friends'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.

It is not often recognized that China was one of the few places in the early modern world where all merchants had equal access to the market. This study shows that private traders, regardless of the volume of their trade, were granted the same privileges in Canton as the large East India companies. All of these companies relied, to some extent, on private capital to finance their operations. Without the investments from individuals, the trade with China would have been greatly hindered. Competitors, large and small, traded alongside each other while enemies traded alongside enemies. Buddhists,

• Preface
• Introduction : global influences and their consequences
• Swequa and brothers 1741-1772
• Monqua and family 1734-1796
• Poankeequa and family 1748-1788
• Tan Anqua 1749-1790 and the inland tea men
• The Wu family 1772-1802
• The porcelain trade
• Thirteen prominent porcelain dealers 1746-1806
• Miscellaneous porcelain dealers 1724-1844
• The silk trade
• Silk weavers, embroiderers, and painters
• Conclusion : unwritten realities of trade.

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.

Paul Van Dyke works in many languages and archives to uncover the history of Peark River trade. This two-volume work is likely to be the most definitive reference work on the major trading families of Guangzhou.
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