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The Comprador in Nineteenth Century China : Bridge between East and West / / Yen-p'ing Hao.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard East Asian Series ; 45Publisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1970Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (315 p.) : 11 halftones, 26 tablesContent type:
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  • 9780674182776
  • 9780674182783
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.86
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- I. Introduction : The Comprador in Chinese Society -- II. The Western Merchant and His Chinese Comprador -- III. The Rise and Fall of the Comprador -- IV. Functions of the Comprador in the Foreign Firm -- V. The Comprador as a Nouveau Riche -- VI. The Comprador and Modern China's Economic Development -- VII. The Comprador System as a Socioeconomic Institution -- VIII. Beyond a Purchaser: Noneconomic Activities of the Comprador -- IX. Conclusion : Significance of the Comprador as a Middleman between East and West -- Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. Glossary. Index -- Appendix A. Augustine Heard & Co.'s Compradors, 1850's-1860's. -- Appendix Β. Russell & Co.'s Compradors, 1830's-1870's. -- Appendix C. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Compradors, 1850's-1900's. -- Appendix D. Dent & Co.'s Compradors, 1830's-1860's -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index -- Backmatter
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- I. Introduction : The Comprador in Chinese Society -- II. The Western Merchant and His Chinese Comprador -- III. The Rise and Fall of the Comprador -- IV. Functions of the Comprador in the Foreign Firm -- V. The Comprador as a Nouveau Riche -- VI. The Comprador and Modern China's Economic Development -- VII. The Comprador System as a Socioeconomic Institution -- VIII. Beyond a Purchaser: Noneconomic Activities of the Comprador -- IX. Conclusion : Significance of the Comprador as a Middleman between East and West -- Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. Glossary. Index -- Appendix A. Augustine Heard & Co.'s Compradors, 1850's-1860's. -- Appendix Β. Russell & Co.'s Compradors, 1830's-1870's. -- Appendix C. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Compradors, 1850's-1900's. -- Appendix D. Dent & Co.'s Compradors, 1830's-1860's -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index -- Backmatter

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Issued also in print.

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In English.

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