1st Edition
Chinese Middlemen in Hong Kong's Colonial Economy, 1830-1890
By Kaori Abe
Copyright 2018
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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The traditional view of the Hong Kong colonial economy is that it was dominated by Western companies, notably the great British merchant houses, and that these firms enlisted support from Chinese middlemen – the compradors – who were effectively agents working for the Western firms. This book, which presents a comprehensive overview of the compradors and their economic and social functions over... Read more
Introduction: The Rise of the Compradors in Hong Kong
1. The Licensed Compradors in Canton
2. The Compradors of the Colonial Government
3. The Company Compradors
4. Compradors’ Commercial Activities
5. The Compradors’ Social and Political Activities
Conclusion: Intermediaries in Hong Kong, China and the British Empire
Biography
Kaori Abe is a former postdoctoral fellow of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and has a PhD in History from the University of Bristol. Her main research areas are the history of Hong Kong, modern China and the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
