The Port : Hà Tiên and the Mo Clan in Early Modern Asia / Xing Hang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hang, Xing, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Vietnam--History.

Chinese.

Hà Tiên Port (Vietnam)--History--18th century.

Hà Tiên Port (Vietnam).

Hà Tiên (Vietnam)--History--18th century.

Hà Tiên (Vietnam).

Southeast Asia--History--18th century.

Southeast Asia.

Hà Tiên (Vietnam)--Biography.

Mạc, Thiên Tích, 1706-1780.

Mạc, Thiên Tích.

Mo family.

Mạc, Thiên Tích, 1706-1780--Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

The Port (present-day Hà Tiên), situated in the Mekong River Delta and Gulf of Siam littoral, was founded and governed by the Chinese creole Mo clan during the eighteenth century and prospered as a free-trade emporium in maritime East Asia. Mo Jiu and his son, Mo Tianci, maintained an independent polity through ambiguous and simultaneous allegiances to the Cochinchinese regime of southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Siam, and the Dutch East India Company. A shared value system was forged among their multiethnic and multi-confessional residents via elite Chinese culture, facilitating closer business ties to Qing China. The story of this remarkable settlement sheds light on a transitional period in East Asian history, when the dominance of the Chinese state, merchants, and immigrants gave way to firmer state boundaries in mainland Southeast Asia and Western dominance on the seas

Contents:

The Port before "The Port"

Managing Hybridity

Situating Space through Verse

Ambiguous Associations

A Port with Many Faces

The Business of Business

Clash of the Titans

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009426978

1009426974

9781009427012

1009427016

9781009427005

1009427008