TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zheng, Yangwen.,
TI  - China on the sea: how the maritime world shaped modern China 
T2  - China studies
SN  - 9789004194779 (hbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Merchant marine
KW  - History
KW  - China
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Foreign countries
KW  - Foreign economic relations
KW  - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
N1  - 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
ER  -