TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Shuo
TI  - Negotiating Friendships: A Canton Merchant Between East and West in the Early 19th Century 
T2  - Critical Readings in Global Intellectual History ,
SN  - 9783110625851
U1  - 381/.11092 23/eng/20230216
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - München, Wien : 
PB  - De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 
KW  - Guangdong Handel
KW  - Hong Kaufleute
KW  - Soziale Netzwerke
KW  - chinesische Geschichte
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / China
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Canton Trade
KW  - Chinese history
KW  - Hong Merchants
KW  - Social networks
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue & Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Historical milieu --; 3. Houqua in his Chinese circles --; 4. Houqua with his foreign friends and acquaintances --; 5. Résumé --; 6. Epilogue: How open was China? --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Social network are nowadays inherent parts of our lives and highly developed communication technique helps us maintain our relationships. But how did it work in the early 19th century, in a time without cell phones and internet? A Chinese Hong Merchant in Canton Trade named Houqua (1769–1843), who lived in isolated Qing China, gives us an outstanding answer. Despite various barriers in cultures, languages, political situations and his identity as a Chinese merchant strictly under control of the Qing government, Houqua established a commercial network across three continents: Asia, North America and Europe. This book will not only uncover his secrets and actions in his Chinese social network especially patronage relationships in traditional Chinese society, but also reconstruct his intercultural network, including his unique and even "modern" friendship with some American traders which lasted almost half a century after Houqua´s death
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110629644
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110629644
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110629644/original
ER  -