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When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.
Lippincott Library HF3128 .D65 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dolin, Eric Jay
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce.
- History.
- United States--Commerce--China--History--18th century.
- United States.
- United States--Commerce--China--History--19th century.
- China--Commerce--United States--History--18th century.
- China.
- China--Commerce--United States--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Liveright Pub. Corp., [2012]
- Summary:
- Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
- Contents:
- "The adventurous pursuits of commerce"
- The Middle Kingdom
- China dreams
- The "new people"
- China rush
- The golden ghetto
- China through American eyes
- The Opium War
- Racing the wind
- Fading fortune
- Echoes of the past.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0871404338
- 9780871404336
- OCLC:
- 783160162
- Publisher Number:
- 99950260543
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