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001 2015024719
003 DLC
005 20150806083756.0
008 150803s2015 enk b 001 0deng
010 $a 2015024719
020 $a9781107121843 (hardback : alkaline paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
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050 00 $aHF3835$b.H365 2015
082 00 $a382.092/251$223
100 1 $aHang, Xing,$d1982-
245 10 $aConflict and commerce in maritime East Asia :$bthe Zheng family and the shaping of the modern world, c. 1620-1720 /$cXing Hang (Brandeis University).
263 $a1509
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
520 2 $a"The Zheng family of merchants and militarists emerged from the tumultuous seventeenth century amid a severe economic depression, a harrowing dynastic transition from the ethnic Chinese Ming to the Manchu Qing, and the first wave of European expansion into East Asia. Under four generations of leaders over six decades, the Zheng had come to dominate trade across the China Seas. Their average annual earnings matched, and at times exceeded, those of their fiercest rivals: the Dutch East India Company. Although nominally loyal to the Ming in its doomed struggle against the Manchus, the Zheng eventually forged an autonomous territorial state based on Taiwan with the potential to encompass the family's entire economic sphere of influence. Through the story of the Zheng, Xing Hang provides a fresh perspective on the economic divergence of early modern China from western Europe, its twenty-first-century resurgence, and the meaning of a Chinese identity outside China"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 1. Setting the stage -- 2. From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians -- 3. Between trade and legitimacy -- 4. Brave new world -- 5. The Zheng state on Taiwan -- 6. The lure of "China" -- 7. A contingent destruction -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Romanization of East Asian Languages -- Appendix 2: Measurements and Currency Conversions -- Appendix 3: Zheng Market Share, Revenues, and Profitability, 1640-1683 -- Appendix 4: Glossary of Chinese Characters.
600 30 $aZheng family.
650 0 $aMerchants$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aMerchants$zTaiwan$vBiography.
651 0 $aChina$xCommerce$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aChina$xForeign economic relations$zEurope, Western.
651 0 $aEurope, Western$xForeign economic relations$zChina.
651 0 $aEast China Sea$xCommerce$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aSouth China Sea$xCommerce$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xCommerce$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aSocial conflict$zEast Asia$xHistory$y17th century.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811071/21843/cover/9781107121843.jpg