广州贸易：中国沿海的生活与事业，1700-1845

by Paul A. Van Dyke, 范岱克, 江滢河 (Translator)

清代的大部分时间，广州是中国对外贸易的唯一港口。本书利用极为丰富的多语种资料，重建了广州贸易在18~19世纪上半叶的日常运作。它采用自下而上的方法，通过专注于实践和程序，而不是官方政策和协议，重新审视了贸易的成功和失败。作者揭开了所有参与者的日常生活，从引水、买办、通事，到大班、行商和海关官员。本书最后对广州贸易体制的反思极为深刻。全书论证透彻严密，翻译语言精练流畅，可读性强，是一部了解清代对外贸易的经典著作。

327 pages, Hardcover

First published January 3, 2006

About the author

Paul Arthur Van Dyke is a retired Professor of History at University of Macau. He has published numerous articles on the history of maritime trade, and has been involved in several projects to advance the history of the Pearl River Delta including the translating and annotating of the Dutch Canton-Macao Dagregisters in English, and the compiling and writing of new histories on the Hong merchant families.

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Detailed research and presentations and thoughtful conclusions as to why things happened as they did to make the Canton Trade work as smoothly as it did for 140 years, and why it fell apart when it did. So much information, thorough footnotes, bibliography, index, and includes Chinese characters.