China on the sea :

Zheng, Yangwen.,

China on the sea : how the maritime world shaped modern China / by Zheng Yangwen. - 1st ed. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012. - ix, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - China studies ; v. 21 : 1570-1344 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-352) and index.

Facing the seas -- "The inconsistency of the seas" -- Feeding China -- Cette merveilleuse machine -- Les palais europeens -- "Wind of the west" -- Pattern and variation: indigenisation -- "Race for oriental opulence" -- Conclusion.

9789004194779 (hbk. : alk. paper)


Merchant marine--History.--China


China--Commerce--Foreign countries.
China.--Foreign economic relations.--History.
China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
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