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Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700–1842

Synopsis:This book authoritatively corrects misconceptions about how the Qing government treated foreigners when it controlled all trade in the Guangzhou port. Van Dyke reappraises the role of Whampoa in the system and reassesses the government’s attitude towards foreigners. In fact, Van Dyke shows that foreigners were not bound by local laws and were given freedom of movement around Whampoa and Canton to the extent that they were treated with leniency even when found in off-limit places.

ISBN:9789888528356

Language:English

Author:Paul A. Van Dyke

Author Biography:Paul A. Van Dyke is professor of history at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and author of Merchants of Canton and Macao: Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade (Hong Kong University Press, 2015).

Publisher Name:Hong Kong University Press

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