Visible cities : Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the coming of the Americans / Leonard Blusse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blussé, Leonard, 1946-

Series:

The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures ; 2006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guangzhou (China)--History.

Guangzhou (China).

Jakarta (Indonesia)--History.

Jakarta (Indonesia).

Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History.

Nagasaki-shi (Japan).

Physical Description:

xi, 133 p. : ill., maps.

Other Title:

Canton, Batavia, and Nagasaki and the coming of the Americans

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1 Three Windows of Opportunity

2 Managing Trade across Cultures

3 Bridging the Divide

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 2006"--P. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-128) and index.

ISBN:

9780674028432

0674028430

OCLC:

1049626404