The Qing Opening to the Ocean : : Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684-1757 /

The Qing Opening to the Ocean : : Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684-1757 / / Gang Zhao.

Did China drive or resist the early wave of globalization? Some scholars insist that China contributed nothing to the rise of the global economy that began around 1500. Others have placed China at the center of global integration. Neither side, though, has paid attention to the complex story of Chin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Zhao, Gang,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on the Global Past
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Chinese Private Maritime Trade and Global Integration
  • 2. Reconsidering Overseas Trade: The Chinese Intellectual Response to the Emerging Global Economy
  • 3. The Northeast Asian Trade Network, the Manchu Procommerce Tradition, and the 1684 Open-Door Trade Policy
  • 4. Enriching the State by Cherishing Private Trade: The Kangxi Emperor and the 1684 Open Trade Policy
  • 5. Separating Trade from Tribute: Kangxi Ends the Tribute Trade System
  • 6. The Establishment of the Qing Maritime Customs System and the Growth of Private Trade
  • 7. Economic Interests, Security Concerns, and the Tribute System: Kangxi's Response to Tokugawa Japan's Licensing System
  • 8. The Kangxi Emperor Bans Trade with Southeast Asia
  • 9. Western Merchants, Local Interests, and Christian Penetration: A New Interpretation of the Canton System
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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