The Canton trade : life and enterprise on the China coast, 1700-1845 / Paul A. Van Dyke.
"Published in conjunction with Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau 澳門特別行政區政府文化局"
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-270) and index.

La Chine et l'Occident : le commerce à Canton au XVIIIe siècle, 1719-1833 / Louis Dermigny.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dig. ed. local access only. [Dermigny-ChineOccident.pdf]

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.

Traces the earliest contacts between the United States and China from the years following the American Revolution until the advent of the steamship.

The war for independence ends -- An unfinished voyage -- The Empress of China sails away -- A new flag at Whampoa -- Arrival at Canton -- Hong merchants in the celestial empire -- Foreign life in Canton -- Americans in the hongs -- The brew of the immortals -- A chinese secret: silk -- Ships' ballast -- Life aboard a China trader -- New York takes the lead -- The first millionaire in America -- Captains from Salem -- The Cleveland family -- Adventurers from Salem -- Boston makes its mark -- Boston's captains and merchants -- Sailing ships and cotton mills -- Sails, seals, and sandalwood -- The Baltimore clippers -- Philadelphia sends its ships -- Illegal opium -- The opium war -- The clipper ships.