Visible Cities : Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans / Leonard BLUSSE, Leonard Blussé.
2009
DS797.32.G836 -- B58 2008eb
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Visible Cities : Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans / Leonard BLUSSE, Leonard Blussé.
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9780674028432
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
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©2008
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English
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In English.
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10.4159/9780674028432 doi
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DS797.32.G836 -- B58 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
950/.3
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The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities-Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia.
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The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures ; 2006
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1 Three Windows of Opportunity
2 Managing Trade across Cultures
3 Bridging the Divide
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Preface
1 Three Windows of Opportunity
2 Managing Trade across Cultures
3 Bridging the Divide
Notes
Bibliography
Index