Trade Relations between Qing China and Tokugawa Japan 1685-1859 /

• Main Author: Peng, Hao (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Japan-History.; China-History.; Economic History.; Asian Economics.; History of Japan.; History of China.

This book explains compellingly that, despite common belief, in the early modern period, the intra-East Asian commercial network still functioned sustainably, and within that network, the Sino-Japanese trade can be seen as the most significant part which not only connected the Chinese and Japanese d...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Commercial Intermediaries in the Nagasaki Trade
• 3 The Mechanism and Functions of the Shinpai Trading Permit System
• 4 Qing China's Response to the Shinpai Trading Permit System in the Eighteenth Century
• 5 The Underside of the Junks Trade: Maritime Smuggling and Urban Trafficking
• 6 The Copper Trade of Qing China's Official Merchants and the Affiliated Trading Group
• 7 The Consolidation of Private Chinese Merchants into the Twelve Families Association
• 8 Internal Organization of Chinese Trading Groups in Relation to the Qing Authorities
• 9 Trade Under Pre-Arranged Conditions: A New Commercial Style in the Late Eighteenth Century
• 10 Conclusive Discussions and Comprehensive Historical Narratives
• References
• Index.