The remarkable hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong and the West River region in the late Qing period / / by Henry Sze Hang Choi.
"Focusing on the hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta and West River in the last two decades of the late Qing period, this work tells a vivid trading and competition story of previously unknown private Chinese traders and junk masters. This challenges the prevailing view of the...
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Choi, Henry Sze Hang, author. The remarkable hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong and the West River region in the late Qing period / by Henry Sze Hang Choi. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (312 pages). text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Brill's studies in maritime history, 2405-4917 ; volume 3 Includes bibliographical references and index. Notes on English spelling of Chinese place names -- Conversion table of currency -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chinese junks and foreign steamships in Canton River Delta -- The West River -- Hybrid Chinese shipping : foreign-flagged Chinese junks and Chinese steam tugs -- Case study: Tai Li Steam Launch -- Piracy and shipping strategies on the West River -- Epilogue: Years after 1910 -- Appendices: A. Revised inland steam navigation regulations, 1898 -- B. The excerpt of the Mackay Treaty, 1902 -- C. Schedule A of Chinese Passengers Act of 1855 -- D. Prospectus and regulations of the Swatow Ch'ao-Yang and Kit-Yang Steam Launch Company. "Focusing on the hybrid maritime world of Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta and West River in the last two decades of the late Qing period, this work tells a vivid trading and competition story of previously unknown private Chinese traders and junk masters. This challenges the prevailing view of the domination of China's maritime trade by modern foreign steamships. Making use of unpublished Kowloon Maritime Customs and British diplomatic records in the late 19th and early 20th century, Henry Sze Hang Choi convincingly shows how these private Chinese traders flexibly adopted to the foreign-dominated maritime customs agencies and treaty port system in defending their Chinese homeland stronghold against the invasion of foreign economic power"--Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Merchants China, Southeast History. Junks China, Southeast History. Steamboats China, Southeast History. Shipping China, Southeast History. Hong Kong (China) Commerce History 19th century. Hong Kong (China) Commerce History 20th century. Xi River Region (China) Commerce History 19th century. Xi River Region (China) Commerce History 20th century. China Foreign economic relations Great Britain. Great Britain Foreign economic relations China. 90-04-34117-X Brill's studies in maritime history ; v. 3. |
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Notes on English spelling of Chinese place names -- Conversion table of currency -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chinese junks and foreign steamships in Canton River Delta -- The West River -- Hybrid Chinese shipping : foreign-flagged Chinese junks and Chinese steam tugs -- Case study: Tai Li Steam Launch -- Piracy and shipping strategies on the West River -- Epilogue: Years after 1910 -- Appendices: A. Revised inland steam navigation regulations, 1898 -- B. The excerpt of the Mackay Treaty, 1902 -- C. Schedule A of Chinese Passengers Act of 1855 -- D. Prospectus and regulations of the Swatow Ch'ao-Yang and Kit-Yang Steam Launch Company. |
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Hong Kong (China) Commerce History 19th century. Hong Kong (China) Commerce History 20th century. Xi River Region (China) Commerce History 19th century. Xi River Region (China) Commerce History 20th century. China Foreign economic relations Great Britain. Great Britain Foreign economic relations China. |
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China, Southeast Hong Kong (China) Xi River Region (China) China Great Britain Great Britain. China. |
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