This is a striking, original portrait of the Chinese Six Companies (Zhonghua huiguan), or Chinese Consolidated Benevolen
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1. A Meeting of Market Economies The Arrival of the Gold Mountain Guests
CHAPTER 2. Continuity and Change The Chinese Huiguan Tradition Crosses the Pacific, 1850s
CHAPTER 3. Toward a New Chinese Self-image The Beginning of Modern Chinese Nationalism in California, 1860s
CHAPTER 4. Becoming the Chief Target The Six Companies in the 1870s
CHAPTER 5. Setting the Tone and Format The Six Companies as Spokesman, 1870–1878
CHAPTER 6. “Superseding the Six Companies” The Qing Legation, 1878–1890
CHAPTER 7. “As Skilled in Dialectics” The Qing Legation, 1890–1906
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index