MerchantswerecentraltothehugegrowthinChina’sforeigntradeandcontributedtothedevelopmentofworldmarketsandnetworks.MerchantsofCantonandMacao:SuccessandFailureinEighteenth-CenturyChineseTradebringstogethermuchnewresearchabouttheinnerworkingsofthemerchantsofCantonandMacao.ThebookstudiesindetailtheleadingChinesemerchantsandmerchantfamiliesaswellastheporcelainandsilktrades.ByexaminingthesuccessesandfailuresofdozensofChinesemerchantsinvolvedinforeigntrade,itprovidesfreshinsightsintoChina’suniqueformofcapitalismandherroleintheriseofglobalcommerce.
VanDyke’sconclusionsonthenatureofQingpolicytowardsforeigntradearebold,originalandsupportedbyintensiveresearch.IncontrasttothetraditionalfocusonBritishandAmericantrade,hisresearchdrawsonarchivesinmultiplelanguages,spreadaroundtheworld.
TRADE MACAO CHINESE MERCHANTS SUCCESS
