The Comprador in Nineteenth Century China: Bridge between East and West (Harvard East Asian series)

Introduction: The Comprador In Chinese Society -- The Western Merchant And His Chinese Comprador -- The Western Mercantile House -- Reliance On The Chinese Comprador -- Further Benefits Of The Comprador -- The Rise And Fall Of The Comprador -- Origins Of The Comprador -- Rise Of The Modern Comprador Outside China -- Decline And Fall, 1900-1943 -- Functions Of The Comprador In The Foreign Firm -- House Steward -- Business Assistant -- Upcountry Purchaser -- The Chief Comprador Tong King-sing -- The Comprador As A Nouveau Riche -- Accumulating Wealth As A Comprador -- Accumulating Wealth As An Independent Merchant -- Total Income Of The Comprador -- The Comprador And Modern China's Economic Development -- Foreign Economic Intrusion -- Modern China's Commercial Development -- The Comprador As Industrial Investor -- The Comprador As Industrial Manager -- The Comprador As Entrepreneur -- The Comprador System As A Socioeconomic Institution -- The Process Of Becoming A Comprador -- Mechanism Of The Institution -- Characteristics Of The Institution -- Beyond A Purchaser: Noneconomic Activities Of The Comprador -- Style Of Life -- Sociopolitical Activities -- Intellectual Response To The West -- Conclusion: Significance Of The Comprador As A Middleman Between East And West. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis, Harvard. Bibliography: P. 235-245. I Introduction : The Comprador in Chinese Society II The Western Merchant and His Chinese Comprador The Western Mercantile House Reliance on the Chinese Comprador Further Benefits of the Comprador III The Rise and Fall of the Comprador Origins of the Comprador Rise of the Modern Comprador, 1842-1900 Spread of the Comprador Outside China Decline and Fall, 1900-1943 IV Functions of the Comprador in the Foreign Firm House Steward Business Assistant Upcountry Purchaser The Chief Comprador Tong King-sing V The Comprador as a Nouveau Riche Accumulating Wealth as a Comprador Accumulating Wealth as an Independent Merchant Total Income of the Comprador VI The Comprador and Modern China’s Economic Development Foreign Economic Intrusion Modern China’s Commercial Development The Comprador as Industrial Investor The Comprador as Industrial Manager The Comprador as Entrepreneur VII The Comprador System as a Socioeconomic Institution The Process of Becoming a Comprador Mechanism of the Institution Characteristics of the Institution VIII Beyond a Purchaser: Noneconomic Activities of the Comprador Style of Life Sociopolitical Activities Intellectual Response to the West IX Conclusion : Significance of the Comprador as a Middleman between East and West Appendices A. Augustine Heard & Co.’s Compradors, 1850’s-1860’s B. Russell & Co.’s Compradors, 1830’s-1870’s C. Jardine, Matheson & Co.’s Compradors, 1850’s-1900’s D. Dent & Co.’s Compradors, 1830’s-1860’s Bibliography Notes Glossary Index