ThislandmarkstudyofCantonandMacaomerchantsadvancesourunderstandingoftheriseanddevelopmentofinternationalcommercialnetworks.Theeighteenthcenturywasatransitionalperiodinworldtradewhenlargemonopolisticcompaniesgraduallylostgroundtomoreefficientlyoperatedprivateenterprises.TheChinatradewasoneofthecatalystspropellingthistransformationanditiscrucialtoabetterunderstandingofhowandwhythesechangestookplace.ThisstudypresentsmuchnewinformationabouttheCantonandMacaomerchantsandprovidesfreshinsightsintotheroleChinaplayedintheriseofglobaleconomies.
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