Visible Cities Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans |
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| Author:
| Blusse, Leonard |
| Series title: | The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02614-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities--Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia.
The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Blussé chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities--Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia.