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Price: £54.00
Pages: 508
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History
Publication Date:
19 November 2014
Trim Size: 9.30 X 6.20 in
ISBN: 9789888139095
Format: Hardcover
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"The fullest exposition on the subject thus far and as the final word on extant, previously untapped, English-language sources." --Eileen Scully, in The China Quarterly
"Downs's seminal work profiles fifteen major and several minor American firms, solo-practitioners, and traders affiliated with British firms in Canton before 1844. He not only documents and analyzes American business history, but also provides fascinating
"It's wonderful to have this richly detailed classic available to the widening circle of students of the Canton trade, in China and around the world." --John E. Wills, Jr., author of 1688 A Global History and editor of China and Maritime Europe, 1500-1800
"Downs's seminal work profiles fifteen major and several minor American firms, solo-practitioners, and traders affiliated with British firms in Canton before 1844. He not only documents and analyzes American business history, but also provides fascinating
"It's wonderful to have this richly detailed classic available to the widening circle of students of the Canton trade, in China and around the world." --John E. Wills, Jr., author of 1688 A Global History and editor of China and Maritime Europe, 1500-1800
Jacques M. Downs (1927-2006) was professor of history at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Frederic D. Grant, Jr. is the author of The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933.