A View in Perspective
The Staff
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
(ii) The footnote reference at p. 295 is now to p. 12
(iii) Take out 'University of California Press' at footnote 5 on p. 132
(iv) The reference to Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke's autobiography at
p. 178 should be to the footnote at p. 290.
(v) The following changes/additions should be made to Wellington K. K. Chan's article on 'Merchant Organisations in Late Imperial China':
(a) the references to charitable halls in Shanghai and Canton
on p. 33 (second and third paras) are to private ones.
(b) Add to footnote 15: Prior to this, it should be noted that there already were a few semi-active government-run charitable institutions in Canton. See Edward J. M. Rhoads, "Merchant Associations in Canton 1895-1911," in Mark Elvin and G. William Skinner, eds., The Chinese City Between Two Worlds (Stanford, 1974).
(c) Change footnote 38 to the following: See my Merchants, Mandarins and Modern Enterprise in Late Ch’ing China (Harvard University Press, forthcoming). Also Edward Rhoads' "Merchant Associations in Canton" cited above. I disagree with Rhoads' interpretation, however, that the chambers of commerce attracted all or most of the gentry-merchants (as opposed to the few or none for the charitable halls), or that they were successful in "[breaking] down barriers between guilds and [creating] a city-wide merchant organization (p. 107)." More successful, probably; but as my own study shows, the chambers were still disunited by geographical or trade differences.
A View in Perspective
The Staff
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
(ii) The footnote reference at p. 295 is now to p. 12
(iii) Take out 'University of California Press' at footnote 5 on p. 132
(iv) The reference to Sir Selwyn Selwyn- Clarke's autobiography at
p. 178 should be to the footnote at p. 290.
(v) The following changes/additions should be made to Wellington K. K. Chan's article on 'Merchant Organisations in Late Imperial China':
(a) the references to charitable halls in Shanghai and Canton
on p. 33 (second and third paras) are to private ones. (b) Add to footnote 15: Prior to this, it should be noted that there already were a few semi-active government-run charitable institutions in Canton. See Edward J. M. Rhoads, "Merchant Associations in Canton 1895-1911," in Mark Elvin and G. William Skinner, eds., The Chinese City Between Two Worlds (Stanford, 1974).
(c) Change footnote 38 to the following: See my Merchants Mandarins and Modern Enterprise in Late Ch’ing China (Harvard University Press, forthcoming). Also Edward Rhoads" "Merchant Associations in Canton" cited above. I disagree with Rhoads' interpretation, however, that the chambers of commerce attracted all or most of the gentry- merchants (as opposed to the few or none for the chari- table halls), or that they were successful in "[breaking] down barriers between guilds and [creating] a city-wide merchant organization (p. 107)." More successful, pro- bably; but as my own study shows, the chambers were still disunited by geographical or trade differences.
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