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

Framsida
Harvard University Press, 30 juni 2009 - 147 sidor
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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1 ThreeWindows of Opportunity
1
2 Managing Trade across Cultures
32
3 Bridging the Divide
67
Notes
103
Bibliography
115
Index
129
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