The Private Side of the Canton Trade, 1700-1840 Daniel Reiser

The Private Side of the Canton Trade, 1700-1840 Daniel ReiserIt 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

rather than as branches of knowledge that should necessarily emulate the quantitative and experimental approach of the natural sciences

multiple disciplinary perspectives are presented

a public research university

this unjust oblivion can and should be challenged

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as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic of religion

material culture and art history

This book introduces the reader to a highly sophisticated Chinese way of reading this Taoist classic