Merchants, Mandarins, and Modern Enterprise in Late Chʻing China

Download or read book Merchants, Mandarins, and Modern Enterprise in Late Chʻing China written by Wellington K. K. Chan and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Merchants, Commerce, and the State -- Changes in the Merchant's Roles, Class Composition, and Status -- From Merchant to Bureaucratic Management -- The Illusions of Merchant Partnership -- State Control and the Official-Entrepreneur -- Merchant and Gentry in Private Enterprise -- The Founding of New Ministries -- Programs and Experiments at the Capital -- The Search for Supporting Institutions in the Provinces -- The Continuing Search: The Chamber of Commerce -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.