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- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur, author.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2020]
- Description
- Book — xxi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Summary
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- 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.
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- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur, author.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2016.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) Digital: data file.
- Summary
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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.
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur, author.
- Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2016]
- Description
- Book — xlvii, 443 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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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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HF3840 .C36 V364 2016 | Unknown |
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur, author.
- Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2016]
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource : color illustrations
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- 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.
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur, author.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, The University of Hong Kong, [2015]
- Description
- Book — xxii, 125 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Summary
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- List of TablesList of AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction
- Chapter 1: The Years of the Co-hong 1760-1770
- Chapter 2: The Opening of Trade and the Debt Crisis 1771-1781
- Chapter 3: Problems with Porcelain
- Chapter 4: Ups and Downs of Trade 1782-1789
- Chapter 5: Vantage Points, Perspectives and Artistic Presentation
- Chapter 6: Rise of the Private Traders 1790-1799
- Chapter 7: American Entrepreneurs and the Brief Return of the French 1800-1814
- Chapter 8: New British Factories, Return of the Danes, and the Great Fire 1815-1822
- Chapter 9: The Shopping Streets in the Foreign QuarterConclusionAppendix: Foreign Movements between Canton and Macao 1760-1769BibliographyIndex.
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6. Merchants of Canton and Macao : politics and strategies in eighteenth-century Chinese trade [2011]
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; Kyoto : Kyoto University Press, c2011.
- Description
- Book — xxxii, 545 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
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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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HF3840 .Q36 V364 2011 | Unknown |
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2005.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : illustrations, map Digital: data file.
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- List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: China Opens Its Doors to the World; Chapter One
- Forging the Canton System; Chapter Two
- Canton Customs Procedures; Chapter Three
- Piloting the Pearl River; Chapter Four
- Compradors and The Provisions Trade; Chapter Five
- Linguists; Color Plates; Chapter Six
- Administrative Initiatives and Shortcomings; Chapter Seven
- Flag Boats, Silver, Contraband and Rice; Chapter Eight
- Macao Trade, Junk Trade, Capital Market and Commission Merchants; Chapter Nine
- The Canton Trade in Retrospect.
- Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2005.
- Description
- Book — xviii, 280 p., [32] p. of ill. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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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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HF3840 .C36 V36 2005 | Unknown |
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2012.
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- Book — ix, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
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- Americans, Macao and China / John E. Wills, Jr. and Paul A. Van Dyke
- Revolutions and Divergences: The Macao Vortex in a Transforming World / John E. Wills, Jr.
- A Clash of Civilizations in the Pearl River Delta: Stephen Girard's Trade with China, 1787-1824 / Jonathan Goldstein
- American Ships, Macao, and the Bombay Marine, 1806-1817: Delicate Lines for a Junior Officer to Tread-the Role of Daniel Ross in the Charting of the China Seas / Stephen Davies
- Smuggling Networks of the Pearl River Delta before
- 1842: Implications for Macao and the American China Trade / Paul A. Van Dyke
- The April 1820 Debt Settlement between Conseequa and Benjamin Chew Wilcocks / Frederic D. Grant, Jr.
- The Importance of the China Trade in American Exploration and Conquest in the Pacific, 1830-1850 / Michael Block
- Henrietta Hall Shuck: Engendering Faith, Education, and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Macao / Isabel Morais
- Five American Women's Perceptions of China 1829-1941: "A Yard-stick of Our Own Construction" / Susan E. Schopp
- Duties and Limitations: The Role of United States Consuls in Macao, 1849-1869 / Vincent Wai-kit Ho.
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DS796 .M257 A44 2012 | Unknown |
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2018]
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- Book — xxi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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HF3840 .G83 P75 2018 | Unknown |
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2018]
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource : illustrations
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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.
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