British trade and the opening of China, 1800-42 / by Michael Greenberg.
British trade and the opening of China, 1800-42 / by Michael Greenberg.
British trade and the opening of China, 1800-42 / by Michael Greenberg.
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Publisher
Cambridge : University Press, 1951.
Date
1951.
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T0005681
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Old China Trade -- 2. The Honourable Company and the Private English -- 3. The Canton Commercial System -- 4. The Development of the Canton Trade to 1834 -- 5. Opium. A. The importance of the opium trade; B. The business history of opium; C. Malwa and Damaun; D. The struggle against Macao; E....
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Publisher
Cambridge : University Press, 1951.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1951.
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"An account of the activities of British merchants in China in the crucial years before the Treaty of Nanking (1842), which transformed the relations between the Celestial Empire and the Western 'barbarians' and placed them upon a footing that was to last for 100 years. Mr Greenberg shows how this change was brought about by the pressures of the ex...
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British trade and the opening of China, 1800-42 / by Michael Greenberg.
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Cambridge studies in economic history.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p.[226]-232.
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T0005681
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74VMyweawvaZ
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9780521079167 (pbk.)
9780521077743 (hbk.)
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382.0942051
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991001937619702626
