The Merchants of Zigong

Madeleine Zelin

Columbia University Press, 2008

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At the periphery of the Chinese empire, a group of innovative entrepreneurs built companies that dominated the Chinese salt trade and created thousands of jobs in the Sichuan region. This book challenges long-held beliefs that social structure, absence of modern banking, and cultural bias against business precluded industrial development in China.

ISBN-13
9780231135979
ISBN-10
0231135971
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2008
Publication date
2008-03-25
Pages
432
Dimensions
153x229x28
Weight
670