An English Merchant House in China After 1842
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S G CHECKLAND (University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1953 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Pages | 158-189 |
| Publication date | 1953-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680500083756 |
| OpenAlex | W1985983722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
A good deal has been written about general commerce between Britain and China in the mid-nineteenth century. But little is available to illuminate the problems of trading as they confronted particular persons or commercial Houses. The surviving records of Rathbone, Worthington and Co. make possible a study of the question: what sort of calculation did rational men attempt in order to turn to profit these new and inchoate markets
Business · China · Commerce · Database · Economic history · Economics · Neoclassical economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Profit (economics · sort · Computer Science · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1954 - 2012 (59) |
| Highly cited | No |