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- Trade and Society: The Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: NUS Press Pte Ltd
summary
The book examines the social and economic changes in south Fukien (Fujian) on the southeast coast of China during late imperial times. Faced with land shortages and overpopulation, the rural population of south Fukien turned to the sea in search of fresh opportunities to secure a livelihood. With the tacit support of local officials and the scholar gentry, the merchants played the pivotal role in long-distance trade, and the commercial networks they established spanned the entire China coast, making the port city of Amoy (Xiamen) a major centre for maritime trade. In the work, the author discusses four interrelated spheres of activity, namely, the traditional rural sector, the port cities, the coastal trade and the overseas trade links. He argues that the creative use of clan organizations was key to the growth of the Amoy network along the coast as well as overseas.
Table of Contents
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- List of Appendices
- p. xi
- Administrative Units in Fukien, 1735
- pp. xii-xiii
- Weights, Measures and Currencies
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Abbreviations Used in Footnotes
- pp. xvii-xiiii
- Note on Romanization
- pp. xx-xxii
- Preface to the Second Edition
- pp. xiv-xxvii
- Preface to the 1983 Edition
- pp. xxv-xxvii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xxviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Chapter 2 The Rise of Amoy
- pp. 42-94
- Chapter 4 Merchants
- pp. 153-184
- Chapter 5 The Socio-political Environment
- pp. 185-212
- Conclusion
- pp. 213-221
- Appendices
- pp. 222-277
- Bibliography
- pp. 285-298
Additional Information
ISBN
9789971698706
Related ISBN(s)
9789971697730
MARC Record
OCLC
928668305
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2015-11-12
Language
English
Open Access
No