The realization of this book was supported by ERC Starting Grant HInDI ([The Historical Dynamics of Industrialization in Northwestern Europe and China ca. 1800–2010: A Regional Interpretation], project number 637695), the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China (project number 2022WTSCX182), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (via the research grant “Collation and Research on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Trade Activities during the Period 1840–2020”, project number 23&ZD066) and Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai).
Cover illustration: Part of the eighteenth-century remake of the twelfth-century original painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan. The remake is created by five Qing dynasty court painters (Chen Mu, Sun Hu, Jin Kun, Dai Hong and Cheng Zhidao) and is currently in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The painting captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (today’s Kaifeng) from the Northern Song period. Licensed under public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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