Merchants, mandarins, and modern enterprise in late Chʻing China / / by Wellington K. K. Chan.

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 79
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1977.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1977.
Year of Publication:1977
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 79.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:
  • A revision of the author's thesis, Harvard University.
  • Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Merchants, Commerce, and the State
  • Changes in the Merchant's Roles, Class Composition, and Status
  • From Merchant to Bureaucratic Management
  • The Illusions of Merchant Partnership
  • State Control and the Official-Entrepreneur
  • Merchant and Gentry in Private Enterprise
  • The Founding of New Ministries
  • Programs and Experiments at the Capital
  • The Search for Supporting Institutions in the Provinces
  • The Continuing Search: The Chamber of Commerce
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs.