Kaori Abe

Chinese Middlemen in Hong Kong's Colonial Economy, 1830-1890 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the compradors and their economic and social functions over the full period of colonial rule in Hong Kong. It puts forward a different view, demonstrating that the compradors were active participants, not just passive servants of foriegn companies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134846818
• Artikelnr.: 49269061

Autorenporträt

Kaori Abe is a former postdoctoral fellow of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and has a PhD in History from the University of Bristol. Her main research areas are the history of Hong Kong, modern China and the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Rise of the Compradors in Hong Kong
1. The Licensed Compradors in Canton
2. The Compradors of the Colonial Government
3. The Company Compradors
4. Compradors' Commercial Activities
5. The Compradors' Social and Political Activities
Conclusion: Intermediaries in Hong Kong, China and the British Empire