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Merchants, mandarins, and modern enterprise in late Chʻing China / by Wellington K. K. Chan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chan, Wellington K. K.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 79.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 79
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises--China--History.
- Business enterprises.
- Industries--China--History.
- Industries.
- Merchants--China--History.
- Merchants.
- China--Commerce--History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Distribution:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1977.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1977.
- Summary:
- An in-depth study of the relationships among merchants, the state, and commerce and industry in Late Chi'ng China, including capital, finance, investments, corporate law, and government policy.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Merchants, Commerce, and the State
- Changes in the Merchant's Roles, Class Composition, and Status
- From Merchant to Bureaucratic Management
- The Illusions of Merchant Partnership
- State Control and the Official-Entrepreneur
- Merchant and Gentry in Private Enterprise
- The Founding of New Ministries
- Programs and Experiments at the Capital
- The Search for Supporting Institutions in the Provinces
- The Continuing Search: The Chamber of Commerce
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
- Notes:
- A revision of the author's thesis, Harvard University.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 279-303.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68417-210-1
- OCLC:
- 647613827
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684172108 DOI
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