Negotiating Friendships : : A Canton Merchant Between East and West in the Early 19th Century / / Shuo Wang.
Social network are nowadays inherent parts of our lives and highly developed communication technique helps us maintain our relationships. But how did it work in the early 19th century, in a time without cell phones and internet? A Chinese Hong Merchant in Canton Trade named Houqua (1769–1843), who l...
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Wang, Shuo , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Negotiating Friendships : A Canton Merchant Between East and West in the Early 19th Century / Shuo Wang. München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource (XV, 303 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Critical Readings in Global Intellectual History , 2568-843X ; 3 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue & Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical milieu -- 3. Houqua in his Chinese circles -- 4. Houqua with his foreign friends and acquaintances -- 5. Résumé -- 6. Epilogue: How open was China? -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Social network are nowadays inherent parts of our lives and highly developed communication technique helps us maintain our relationships. But how did it work in the early 19th century, in a time without cell phones and internet? A Chinese Hong Merchant in Canton Trade named Houqua (1769–1843), who lived in isolated Qing China, gives us an outstanding answer. Despite various barriers in cultures, languages, political situations and his identity as a Chinese merchant strictly under control of the Qing government, Houqua established a commercial network across three continents: Asia, North America and Europe. This book will not only uncover his secrets and actions in his Chinese social network especially patronage relationships in traditional Chinese society, but also reconstruct his intercultural network, including his unique and even "modern" friendship with some American traders which lasted almost half a century after Houqua´s death. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Guangdong Handel. Hong Kaufleute. Soziale Netzwerke. chinesische Geschichte. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Canton Trade. Chinese history. Hong Merchants. Social networks. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020 9783110696288 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2020 Part 1 9783110696271 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter De Gruyter English eBooks 2020 - UC 9783110659061 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2020 English 9783110704730 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2020 9783110704525 ZDB-23-DEG EPUB 9783110625998 print 9783110625851 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110629644 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110629644 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110629644/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue & Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical milieu -- 3. Houqua in his Chinese circles -- 4. Houqua with his foreign friends and acquaintances -- 5. Résumé -- 6. Epilogue: How open was China? -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue & Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical milieu -- 3. Houqua in his Chinese circles -- 4. Houqua with his foreign friends and acquaintances -- 5. Résumé -- 6. Epilogue: How open was China? -- Bibliography -- Index |
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