Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Money, Weights and Abbreviations
- Author's Preface
- CHAPTER I THE OLD CHINA TRADE
- CHAPTER II THE HONOURABLE COMPANY AND THE PRIVATE ENGLISH
- CHAPTER III THE CANTON COMMERCIAL SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANTON TRADE TO 1834
- CHAPTER V OPIUM
- CHAPTER VI BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ORGANISATION
- CHAPTER VII THE VICTORY OF THE FREE TRADERS
- CHAPTER VIII LEDGER AND SWORD
- APPENDICES
- Bibliography
- Index
Money, Weights and Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Money, Weights and Abbreviations
- Author's Preface
- CHAPTER I THE OLD CHINA TRADE
- CHAPTER II THE HONOURABLE COMPANY AND THE PRIVATE ENGLISH
- CHAPTER III THE CANTON COMMERCIAL SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANTON TRADE TO 1834
- CHAPTER V OPIUM
- CHAPTER VI BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ORGANISATION
- CHAPTER VII THE VICTORY OF THE FREE TRADERS
- CHAPTER VIII LEDGER AND SWORD
- APPENDICES
- Bibliography
- Index
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- British Trade and the Opening of China 1800–42 , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1970