Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the AmericansHarvard University Press, 31. mars 2008 - 147 sider 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, Leonard Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities. Canton was the port of call for foreign merchants in the Qing empire. Nagasaki was the official port of Tokugawa Japan. Batavia served as the connection site between the Indian Ocean and China seas for ships of the Dutch East India Company. |
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... became very clear when the Ming dynasty was estab- lished in 1367 after more than a century of Mongol domination . To gain full control over the border and do away with the Islamic traders at the coast who , during the pax Mongolica ...
... became visible . The Dutch East India Company , which transported the cheaper brands of tea , was the first to feel the impact . The price of even the most select brands declined and it became increasingly difficult for the Dutch to ...
... became possible . In a rather futile attempt to counter the mushrooming of " China- towns " abroad , the emigration of Chinese women still remained re- stricted . However , Hakka women , who did not bind their feet , were of- ten able ...
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Bridging the Divide | 67 |
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Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans Leonard Blussé Begrenset visning - 2008 |