The China firm : American elites and the making of British colonial society
Thomas M. Larkin
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[2024]
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| Authors: | Larkin, Thomas M. |
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New York : Columbia University Press |
| Subject: | Außenhandel | Foreign trade | Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen | International business | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | International economic relations | Internationale Beziehungen | International relations | Kolonialismus | Colonialism | China | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | USA | United States | Hongkong | Amerika | Freihandelsimperialismus | Geschichte 1800 - 1899 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [dietmardreier.de] |
| Extent: | xxiii, 309 Seiten |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index AcknowledgmentsNote on Translation and CurrenciesList of AbbreviationsGlossary of PeopleGlossary of TermsIntroduction: An American Firm, a British Colony, and a Global Microhistory1. A Very Profitable Crisis: Canton s American Merchants on the Eve of the First Opium War2. A House Is Not a Home: The American Merchant House in Hong Kong3. Lives Lived in Public: American Encounters with British Colonial Society4. Missed Opportunities: Balancing Metropolitan Politics and Private Interests in China5. Friends Near and Far: Creating and Maintaining Global Networks Through Hong Kong6. Wealth or Expertise: The Social and Professional Paths of Returned American MerchantsConclusion: Lives of ConsequenceNotesBibliographyIndex |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-21067-6 ; 978-0-231-21066-9 ; 978-0-231-55853-2 |
| Classification: | China ; USA |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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