The Qing Opening to the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684-1757

Name: The Qing Opening to the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Policies, 1684-1757
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ISBN: 9780824836436

ISBN-10: 082483643X

ISBN-13: 9780824836436

Edition: 2013

Authors: Gang Zhao

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Did China drive or resist the early wave of globalization? Some scholars insist that China contributed nothing to the rise of the global economy that began around 1500. Others have placed China at the center of global integration. Neither side, though, has paid attention to the complex story of China's maritime policies. Drawing on sources from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the West, this important new work systematically explores the evolution of imperial Qing maritime policy from 1684 to 1757 and sets its findings in the context of early globalization.Gang Zhao argues that rather than constrain private maritime trade, globalization drove it forward, linking the Song and Yuan dynasties…

Book details

List price: $56.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 312
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Chinese Private Maritime Trade and Global Integration



Reconsidering Overseas Trade: The Chinese Intellectual Response to the Emerging Global Economy



The Northeast Asian Trade Network, the Manchu Procommerce Tradition, and the 1684 Open-Door Trade Policy



Enriching the State by Cherishing Private Trade: The Kangxi Emperor and the 1684 Open Trade Policy



Separating Trade from Tribute: Kangxi Ends the Tribute Trade System



The Establishment of the Qing Maritime Customs System and the Growth of Private Trade



Economic Interests, Security Concerns, and the Tribute System: Kangxi's Response to Tokugawa Japans Licensing System



The Kangxi Emperor Bans Trade with Southeast Asia



Western Merchants, Local Interests, and Christian Penetration: A New Interpretation of the Canton System


Conclusion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index