Trade and Society: The Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735

Ng Chin-keong

The 18th century activities of the scholar gentry, government official and traders of Fujian seeking new opportunities away from home were another step in the gradual expansion of and changes in Southern China's influence in the wider world. The author, a former professor of Chinese history at the National University of Singapore, takes particular interest in the activities of clan associations which were to be the bedrock of Chinese emigration overseas and entrepreneurship a century later. 309 pages.With tables, figures, maps, a glossary, bibliography and an index.

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