Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: The Great Convergence
Part I. The Curse of the Maritime Blessing, 1767-1891
1 Pacifying the Seas
2 Back in the World
3 Brotherhood of the Sword
4 Qingxiang
Part II Winning the Opium Peace Maritime Chaozhou from Shanghai to Siam, 1858-1929
5 Qingxiang
6 Narco-Capitalism
7 "This Diabolical Tyranny"
8 Translocal Families
9 Maritime Chaozhou at Full Moon, 1891-1929
Conclusion: Territorialism and the State
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Total Value of Trade, Ten Leading Treaty Ports, 1875-1879
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A Note On The Type