This study eschews the uncritical acceptance of secondary sources that has characterized studies in this field, going back to and reinterpreting previously negl

An innovative new study of the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world.

This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698–1842 presents a rare and lively view of the French experience at Canton, and calls for a reappraisal of France’s role in t