John D Wong: 1 book
Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century
The House of Houqua and the Canton System
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
In this engaging new study, John D. Wong examines the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world through the lens of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain. In contrast to interpretations...
