Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Essex Institute Historical Collections
Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382319993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382319993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Historical collections of the Essex institute
Author: Salem Mass, Essex inst
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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The Canton Trade
Author: Paul A. Van Dyke
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622097499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
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 the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols. The narrative, however, reads like a story as the author unravels the daily lives of all the players from sampan operators, pilots, compradors and linguists, to country traders, supercargoes, Hong merchants and customs officials. New areas to studies of this kind are covered as well, such as Armenians, junk traders and rice traders, all of whom played intricate roles in moving the commerce forward. The Canton Trade shows that contrary to popular belief, the trade was stable, predictable and secure, with many incentives built into the policies to encourage it to grow. The huge expansion of trade was, in fact, one of the factors that contributed to its collapse as the increase in revenues blinded government officials to the long-term deterioration of the lower administrative echelons. In the end, the system was toppled, but that happened mainly because it had already defeated itself. General readers and academicians interested in world and Asian history, trading companies, country trade, Hong merchants, and articles of trade will find much new and relevant information here.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622097499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
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 the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes and failures of the trade by focusing on the practices and procedures rather than on the official policies and protocols. The narrative, however, reads like a story as the author unravels the daily lives of all the players from sampan operators, pilots, compradors and linguists, to country traders, supercargoes, Hong merchants and customs officials. New areas to studies of this kind are covered as well, such as Armenians, junk traders and rice traders, all of whom played intricate roles in moving the commerce forward. The Canton Trade shows that contrary to popular belief, the trade was stable, predictable and secure, with many incentives built into the policies to encourage it to grow. The huge expansion of trade was, in fact, one of the factors that contributed to its collapse as the increase in revenues blinded government officials to the long-term deterioration of the lower administrative echelons. In the end, the system was toppled, but that happened mainly because it had already defeated itself. General readers and academicians interested in world and Asian history, trading companies, country trade, Hong merchants, and articles of trade will find much new and relevant information here.
Annual Report of the Essex Institute
Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Perspectives on the Canadian Way of War
Author: Bernd Horn
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770702210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being. Despite the best of intentions to aid others, the reality is that military force has most often been used to serve the national interest in ways that were not always altruistic but rather to serve practical political purpose. In the final analysis, the Canadian military experience has been integral to creating the advanced, affluent, and vibrant nation that exists today. This collection of essays, written by such noted historians and authors as Douglas Delaney, Stephen J. Harris, Ronald Haycock, Michael Hennessy, Bernd Horn, and Sean Maloney, spans the entirety of the Canadian military experience and underlines the reality that the government has consistently used its armed forces to achieve political purpose. More often than not, the "Canadian way of war" has been a direct reflection of circumstance and political will.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770702210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being. Despite the best of intentions to aid others, the reality is that military force has most often been used to serve the national interest in ways that were not always altruistic but rather to serve practical political purpose. In the final analysis, the Canadian military experience has been integral to creating the advanced, affluent, and vibrant nation that exists today. This collection of essays, written by such noted historians and authors as Douglas Delaney, Stephen J. Harris, Ronald Haycock, Michael Hennessy, Bernd Horn, and Sean Maloney, spans the entirety of the Canadian military experience and underlines the reality that the government has consistently used its armed forces to achieve political purpose. More often than not, the "Canadian way of war" has been a direct reflection of circumstance and political will.
William Endicott
Author: Robert Samuel Rantoul
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: M.A. Gilkey
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description