Merchants of Canton and Macao:Politics and Strategies in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade

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ThislandmarkstudyofCantonandMacaomerchantsadvancesourunderstandingoftheriseanddevelopmentofinternationalcommercialnetworks.Theeighteenthcenturywasatransitionalperiodinworldtradewhenlargemonopolisticcompaniesgraduallylostgroundtomoreefficientlyoperatedprivateenterprises.TheChinatradewasoneofthecatalystspropellingthistransformationanditiscrucialtoabetterunderstandingofhowandwhythesechangestookplace.ThisstudypresentsmuchnewinformationabouttheCantonandMacaomerchantsandprovidesfreshinsightsintotheroleChinaplayedintheriseofglobaleconomies.


TRADE MACAO STRATEGIES CHINESE MERCHANTS