The Port : Hà Tiên and the Mo Clan in Early Modern Asia

Hang, Xing

Cambridge University Press（2024/11発売）

Cambridge University Press（2024/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 374 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009426961
• DDC分類 959.79

Full Description

The Port (present-day Hà Tiên), situated in the Mekong River Delta and Gulf of Siam littoral, was founded and governed by the Chinese creole Mo clan during the eighteenth century and prospered as a free-trade emporium in maritime East Asia. Mo Jiu and his son, Mo Tianci, maintained an independent polity through ambiguous and simultaneous allegiances to the Cochinchinese regime of southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Siam, and the Dutch East India Company. A shared value system was forged among their multiethnic and multi-confessional residents via elite Chinese culture, facilitating closer business ties to Qing China. The story of this remarkable settlement sheds light on a transitional period in East Asian history, when the dominance of the Chinese state, merchants, and immigrants gave way to firmer state boundaries in mainland Southeast Asia and Western dominance on the seas.

Contents

Introduction; 1. The port before 'the port'; 2. Managing hybridity; 3. Situating space through verse; 4. Ambiguous associations; 5. A port with many faces; 6. The business of business; 7. Clash of the titans; Conclusion; Glossary.