Mandarins and Merchants
Author | : W. E. Cheong |
Publisher | : RoutledgeCurzon |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : W. E. Cheong |
Publisher | : RoutledgeCurzon |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Veronica Kuebel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 950 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Margaret Dickeman |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2003-12-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1462820921 |
Even as late as 1989, most young Chinese professionals believed they could predict their entire future lives. But when the Chinese government followed the Tiananmen killings with vigorous promotion of free enterprise, the rules began to change daily. The security of assigned jobs free housing and other benefits dwindled or disappeared as more initiative to get rich was encouraged. This account, based on personal observations during the two years after Tiananmen, follows a number of young Chinese as they struggle to invent individual strategies for coping with changes they could never have predicted. The images and character sketches are forceful and succinct, and evoke a person, place or mood with apparent fidelity. --Jonathan Spence Margaret Dickeman Datz makes the people, places and culture of China come alive better than any China book Ive read. Her book is a true human drama. --Arnold Hano
Author | : Valery M. Garrett |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Through a richly illustrated text, this book recounts the vivid history of Canton, which in its heyday was the center of the China Trade and was for centuries the wonder of the Far East,
Author | : Wellington K. K. Chan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2020-03-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1684172101 |
An in-depth study of the relationships among merchants, the state, and commerce and industry in Late Chi'ng China, including capital, finance, investments, corporate law, and government policy.
Author | : Trea Wiltshire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9789627283706 |
Author | : Richard Joseph Smith |
Publisher | : Kto Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wellington K. K. Chan |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Merchants, Commerce, and the State -- Changes in the Merchant's Roles, Class Composition, and Status -- From Merchant to Bureaucratic Management -- The Illusions of Merchant Partnership -- State Control and the Official-Entrepreneur -- Merchant and Gentry in Private Enterprise -- The Founding of New Ministries -- Programs and Experiments at the Capital -- The Search for Supporting Institutions in the Provinces -- The Continuing Search: The Chamber of Commerce -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Author | : W. E. Cheong |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780700703616 |
The 18th century was the crucial period in the development of the Sino-Western trade relationship. Reinterpreting previously neglected primary sources, this book charts links between the European and Asian trades that have been regarded as parallel but unr
Author | : Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020-09-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781988503097 |
In 1869, a businessman from China's Guangdong Province first set foot on New Zealand soil at Port Chalmers. It was the beginning of an illustrious career that would change the shape of commerce and industry in Otago and Southland. 'Merchant, Miner, Mandarin' depicts the fascinating life of Choie Sew Hoy - from his early days in China before emigrating to Australia and then New Zealand, to his death in 1901 as one of Dunedin's most prominent entrepreneurs. The store Choie Sew Hoy established in Dunedin's Stafford Street was a huge success, while his revolutionary gold-dredging technology improved the fortunes of the gold-mining industry in Otago and Southland. He backed dredging, quartz crushing and hydraulic sluicing ventures in the goldfields of Ophir, Macetown, Skippers, Nokomai and the Shotover. Sharp as a razor, Sew Hoy was a visionary, able to spot opportunities no one else could, whether sending vast amounts of unwanted scrap metal from New Zealand back to China, or joining famous Taranaki businessman Chew Chong's fungus export trade. Sew Hoy was also a local character, always elegantly dressed and with legendary success in horse racing. His self-assurance and charm gained him entry to the Chamber of Commerce, the Jockey Club, the Masons and even the Caledonian Society. A benefactor to many social causes, he supported hospitals and benevolent associations to help his fellow Chinese immigrants. When the success of the Chinese in New Zealand aroused hostility, he fought the prevalent racism and unfair government legislation of the day. A man of two worlds, Choie Sew Hoy was a success in both. Richly illustrated and deeply researched, 'Merchant, Miner, Mandarin' is both the compelling biography of one of the most distinguished figures of New Zealand business and an intriguing account of late 19th-century society, industry and race relations.