Buch(elektronisch)#12008
Visible cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the coming of the Americans
In: Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
The 1700s saw the rise of the China market and some notable changes to global consumption patterns. This book explores the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities - Canton, a major trading city, Nagasaki, official port of Tokugawa Japan, and Batavia, link between the Indian Ocean and China seas