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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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in maritime history, volume 3 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in maritime history ;
v. 3. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.