Linking an Asian transregional commerce in tea [electronic resource] : overseas Chinese merchants in the Fujian-Singapore trade, 1920-1960 / by Jason Lim.

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ISBN:

9789004186903

9781282952416

Title:

Linking an Asian transregional commerce in tea [electronic resource] : overseas Chinese merchants in the Fujian-Singapore trade, 1920-1960 / by Jason Lim.

Author:

Lim, Jason, 1971-

Personal Author:

Lim, Jason, 1971-

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 252 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series:

Chinese overseas, v. 2

Contents:

List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Currency, Weight, and Area; Note on Orthography; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Anxi, Xiamen, and the Fujian-Singapore Tea Trade; Chapter 2 Fujian Tea Production, 1920-1960; Chapter 3 The Anxi Tea Merchants in Singaporre; Chapter 4 From National Product to Controlled Export, 1932-1947; Chapter 5 Trade, the Cold War, and Decolonisation, 1945-1960; Conclusion The Overseas Chinese Merchants: The Link in an Interregional Tea Trade; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; Plates.

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Subject Term:

Tea trade -- China -- Fujian Sheng -- History -- 20th century.

Tea trade -- Singapore -- History -- 20th century.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Summary

Current historical work on the international tea trade has focused on the Sino-British trade and the impact of capitalism and modern technology on tea production in India and Ceylon. These studies have overlooked the changes that were afoot in the Fujian tea industry and the problems with conducting the trade with the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Using the Fujian-Singapore trade as an illustration and drawing on Chinese-language archival materials, this book looks at the state of tea production in Fujian; the overseas Chinese tea merchants and the fluctuations of the trade during the period of political instability in China; the Sino-Japanese War; decolonisation in Singapore; and the period of collectivisation in China and the Cold War.