Hankow : commerce and society in a Chinese city, 1796-1889
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Hankow : commerce and society in a Chinese city, 1796-1889
Stanford University Press, c1984
- : cloth
- : pbk
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"This is the first part of a projected two-part study of nineteenth-century Hankow ... "--Pref. (p. [vii])
Bibliography: p. [397]-409
Includes index
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Description
This is the first volume of a two-volume social history of the commercial hub of central China in the nineteenth century. The emphasis here is on the dynamism of late imperial commerce, the relation of the metropolis to the hinterland, and the corporate institutions of the city, notably its guilds. The second volume, Hankow: Conflict and Community in a Chinese City, 1796-1895, focuses on the people of Hankow.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: cities in the history of Europe and China
- Part I. The Emporium: 1. Hankow in the nineteenth century
- 2. The trade of Hankow
- 3. The salt trade
- 4. The tea trade
- 5. Credit and finance in Hankow
- 6. The state and commerce
- Part II. Urban Social Organization: 7. Local origin in an immigrant city
- 8. Guild structure
- 9. Guild functions
- 10. Guilds and local power
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Character list
- Index.
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