Linking an Asian transregional commerce in tea [electronic resource] : overseas Chinese merchants in the Fujian-Singapore trade, 1920-1960 / by Jason Lim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Jason, 1971-

Series:

Chinese overseas ; v. 2.

Chinese overseas, 1876-3847 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tea trade--China--Fujian Sheng--History--20th century.

Tea trade.

Tea trade--Singapore--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Current historical work on the international tea trade has focused on the Sino-British trade and the impact of capitalism and modern technology on tea production in India and Ceylon. These studies have overlooked the changes that were afoot in the Fujian tea industry and the problems with conducting the trade with the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Using the Fujian-Singapore trade as an illustration and drawing on Chinese-language archival materials, this book looks at the state of tea production in Fujian; the overseas Chinese tea merchants and the fluctuations of the trade during the period of political instability in China; the Sino-Japanese War; decolonisation in Singapore; and the period of collectivisation in China and the Cold War.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J. Lim

Introduction / J. Lim

Chapter 1. Anxi, Xiamen, And The Fujian-Singapore Tea Trade / J. Lim

Chapter 2. Fujian Tea Production, 1920–1960 / J. Lim

Chapter 3. The Anxi Tea Merchants In Singapore / J. Lim

Chapter 4. From National Product To Controlled Export, 1932–1947 / J. Lim

Chapter 5. Trade, The Cold War, And Decolonisation, 1945–1960 / J. Lim

Conclusion. The Overseas Chinese Merchants: The Link In An Interregional Tea Trade / J. Lim

Appendix 1. Fujian Tea Production / J. Lim

Appendix 2. Wulong Tea Production In Anxi County / J. Lim

Appendix 3. Wulong Tea Production In Fujian Province / J. Lim

Appendix 4. Wulong Tea Exports From Xiamen / J. Lim

Appendix 5. Imports Of Green Tea By British Malaya / J. Lim

Bibliography / J. Lim

Index / J. Lim

Plates / J. Lim.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95241-2

9786612952418

90-04-18690-5

OCLC:

695982094

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004182431.i-252 DOI