The Taipans : Hong Kong's Merchant Princes de Colin N. Crisswell - 1991

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991-10-17. Paperback. Used: Good.

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. Fine copy. 1995. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 250 pp. .

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 1991. Used book, 250 pages, slight wear to cover, spine not creased, tight binding, pages in very good condition. This book is an account of Hong Kong's merchant princes from the origins of the first trading houses in eighteenth century Canton and Macau to the beginning of the First World War. The early taipans, hard headed businessmen from Britain, USA and India, built up immense fortunes from the opium trade. In the 1830s a single company, Jardine & Matherson, controlled one-third of China's foreign trade. Drawing from a wide variety of sources, the author examines how fortunes were made and lost, the political influence of the taipans, their life-style, and the use which they made of their wealth after they left the east.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford University Press, 1993. Softcover. Good.

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press [0-19-585373-3] [1992]. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 250pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. There is a previous owner's name. Book about Taipans. Locale: China; Hong Kong. (History--China, Business--Hong Kong).

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995. 1ª Edição . Brochado / Paperback / Broché. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-8º (217x140). 1 Vol. de 250 pp. Ilustrado.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Oxford/New York/Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1991. Cover illustration: 'Afternoon tea in Jardine's garden above East Point' - 1875. 'The Taipans' is an account of Hong Kong's merchant princes from the origins of the first trading houses in eighteenth-century Canton and Macau to the beginning of the First World War. The early taipans, hard-headed business men from Britain, the USA, and India, built up immense fortunes from the opium trade. In the 1830s a single company, Jardine & Matheson, controlled one-third of China's foreign trade. Partners in such firms could well afford 'the princely style of liberality' for which they became renowned. In later years some of the original trading houses diversified successfully while others crashed into bankruptcy. At the same time a class of Chinese middlemen and merchants grew up, establishing the foundations of Hong Kong's influential Chinese business class. First published in 1981, this edition of 'The… Leer más