Private Enterprise and the China Trade : : Merchants and Markets in Europe, 1700-1750 / / Meike von Brescius.
"This book examines the European commercial landscape of the early China trade, c.1700-1750. It looks at the foundational period of Sino-European commerce and explores a world of private enterprise beneath the surface of the official East India Company structures. Using rich private trade recor...
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| Superior document: | Library of Economic History Series ; Volume 16 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of economic history ;
Volume 16. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (275 pages) |
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| Summary: | "This book examines the European commercial landscape of the early China trade, c.1700-1750. It looks at the foundational period of Sino-European commerce and explores a world of private enterprise beneath the surface of the official East India Company structures. Using rich private trade records, it analyses the making of pan-European markets, distribution networks and patterns of investment that together reveal a new geography of a trading system previously studied mostly at Canton. By considering the interloping activities of British-born merchants working for the smaller East India Companies, the book uncovers the commercial practices and cross-Company collaborations, both legal and illicit, that sustained the growth of the China trade: smuggling, wholesale trading, private commissions and the manipulation of Company auctions"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004504745 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Meike von Brescius. |