Sino-French trade at Canton, 1698-1842
France was one of the two most important Western powers in the eighteenth century, and was home to one of the three major European East India companies. Yet the nation is woefully underrepresented in Canton trade scholarship. Susan E. Schopp rescues the French from the sidelines, showing that they e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong University Press
2021, 2021
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| Series: | Hong Kong scholarship online / Hong Kong scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | France was one of the two most important Western powers in the eighteenth century, and was home to one of the three major European East India companies. Yet the nation is woefully underrepresented in Canton trade scholarship. Susan E. Schopp rescues the French from the sidelines, showing that they exerted a presence that, though closely watched by their rivals, is today largely unrecognized |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2020 |
| Physical Description: | 908 pages illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9789888180110 |