| Author | : Meike von Brescius |
| File Size | : 41,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Library of Economic History |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 02 June 2024 |
| ISBN | : 9004369147 |
| Pages | : 276 pages |
Private Enterprise and the China Trade by Meike von Brescius Book PDF Summary
"This book examines the European commercial landscape of the early China trade, c.1700-1750. It looks at the foundational period of Sino-European commerce and explores a world of private enterprise beneath the surface of the official East India Company structures. Using rich private trade records, it analyses the making of pan-European markets, distribution networks and patterns of investment that together reveal a new geography of a trading system previously studied mostly at Canton. By considering the interloping activities of British-born merchants working for the smaller East India Companies, the book uncovers the commercial practices and cross-Company collaborations, both legal and illicit, that sustained the growth of the China trade: smuggling, wholesale trading, private commissions and the manipulation of Company auctions"--
