The Qing opening to the ocean : Chinese maritime policies, 1684-1757 / Gang Zhao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhao, Gang, 1964-

Series:

Perspectives on the global past.

Perspectives on the global past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Commerce--History--17th century.

China--Commerce--History--18th century.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did China drive or resist the early wave of globalization? Some scholars insist that China contributed nothing to the rise of the global economy that began around 1500. Others have placed China at the center of global integration. Neither side, though, has paid attention to the complex story of China's maritime policies. Drawing on sources from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the West, this important new work systematically explores the evolution of imperial Qing maritime policy from 1684 to 1757 and sets its findings in the context of early globalization.Gang Zhao argues that rather than constrain private maritime trade, globalization drove it forward, linking the Song and Yuan dynasties to a dynamic world system. As bold Chinese merchants began to dominate East Asian trade, officials and emperors came to see private trade as the solution to the daunting economic and social challenges of the day. The ascent of maritime business convinced the Kangzi emperor to open the coast to international trade, putting an end to the tribute trade system. Zhao's study details China's unique contribution to early globalization, the pattern of which differs significantly from the European experience. It offers impressive insights into the rise of the Asian trade network, the emergence of Shanghai as Asia's commercial hub, and the spread of a regional Chinese diaspora. To understand the place of China in the early modern world, how modernity came to China, and early globalization and the rise of the Asian trade network, The Qing Opening to the Ocean is essential reading.

Contents:

The Chinese private maritime trade and global integration

Reconsidering overseas trade : the Chinese intellectual response to the emerging global economy

The northeast Asian trade network, the Manchu, pro-commerce tradition, and the 1684 open-door trade policy

Enriching the state by cherishing private trade : the Kangxi emperor and the 1684 open trade policy

Separating trade from tribute : Kangxi ends the tribute trade system

The establishment of the Qing maritime customs system and the growth of private trade

Economic interest, security concern, and the tribute system : Kangxi's response to Tokugawa Japan's license system

The Kangxi emperor bans trade with Southeast Asia

Western merchants, local interests, and Christian penetration : a new interpretation of the Canton system.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index.

ISBN:

9780824871192

0824871197

9780824837921

0824837924

OCLC:

859157496