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1 online resource (vii, 93 p.) |
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Michigan abstracts of Chinese and Japanese works on Chinese history, no. 3 |
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Michigan abstracts of Chinese and Japanese works on Chinese history ; no. 3.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Translator's Introduction -- The Operation of Chinese Junks -- I. General -- II. The Importance of Junks in Chinese Shipping -- III. The Operation of Junks -- IV. The Subordination of the Junk Industry to the Shipping Brokers -- V. Conclusion -- Shipping Brokers in North China -- I. The Junk Trade and Shipping Brokers -- II. The History of Shipping Brokers -- 1. Ch'in and Han Dynasties -- 2. Sui, T'ang and Sung Dynasties -- 3. Yuan, Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties -- III. The Functions of Shipping Brokers -- 1. General Outline |
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2. Middleman Services for Travelling Merchants -- i. Acting as Brokers for Trading -- ii. Providing Lodgings -- iii. Buying and Selling on Behalf of Travelling Merchants -- iv. Acting as Agents for Collecting Duties -- v. Collecting Money for Travelling Merchants -- 3. Customs Reporting Agents -- i. Origins -- ii. Operations -- 4. The Hiring of Junks -- 5. Storage and Warehousing -- IV. The Capital and Structure of Shipping Broker Firms -- 1. Capital Structure -- 2. The Nature of Partnerships -- 3. The Management Structure |
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v. The Numbers and Amount of Capital of Shipping Brokers in Selected Ports in North China -- The Shipping Brokers and Transport Companies of Soochow -- I. Historical Background and Present Conditions -- II. Shipping Brokers in Soochow -- 1. Capital and Finance -- 2. Organization -- 3. Functions -- i. Acting as Transport Intermediaries -- ii. Goods Handled by Brokers -- iii. Method of Obtaining Business -- iv. Shipping Tickets -- v. Brokers' Fees -- vi. Acting as Intermediary in the Sale of Junks -- 4. Responsibilities -- 5. Brokers' Same-Trade Association -- III. Transport Companies in Soochow |
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1. Capital and Finance -- 2. Organization -- i. Personnel and Duties -- ii. Relationship between Employees and Companies -- iii. Equipment -- A. Means of Transport -- B. Wharves -- C. Warehousing -- D. Relations between Main and Branch Offices -- 3. Functions -- i. Providing Transport -- ii. Transport Contracts -- iii. Transport Fees -- 4. Responsibilities -- 5. The Bill of Lading -- 6. The Transport Companies Association -- Junk Ownership and Operation in North China -- I. The Commercial Role of the Junk -- II. Junk Owners and Operators -- III. Junk Crews -- Junk Crews in Soochow |
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I. Scope of Investigation -- II. Comparative Information -- III. The Characteristics of Junk Crews -- 1. General -- 2. Places of Origin -- 3. Class Origin -- IV. The Nature of Labor -- V. Income and Expenditure -- 1. Income -- 2. Expenditure -- Junk Ownership in Soochow -- I. General -- II. Owner Operation -- III. Junk Chartering -- 1. Bare-boat Charters -- 2. Charters -- 3. Charter Fees -- 4. Charter Contracts -- 5. Relationship between Chartering and Junk Size -- References -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Glossary of Japanese Terms |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shipping -- China.
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Inland water transportation -- China.
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Transports de navigation intérieure -- Chine.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Inland water transportation
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Shipping
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China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Transport in transition; [Ann Arbor, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan] 1972. (DLC) 73159624 |
| ISBN |
9780472127610 (electronic book) |
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0472127616 |
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9780472901562 (open access) |
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0472901567 |
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9780892649037 (paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.19931 doi |
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AU@ 000069945574 |
