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Item Details
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HANKOW
COMMERCE AND SOCIETY IN A CHINESE CITY, 1796-1889 |
| By: |
William T. Rowe |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£64.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804712042 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804712040 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1984 |
| Pages: |
452 |
| Description: |
This is the first volume of a two-volume social history of the commercial hub of central China in the 19th 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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
17 tables 2 figures 4 maps 1 plan |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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