When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.
2012
HF3128 .D65 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780871404336
0871404338
0871404338
Published
New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Description
xviii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Call Number
HF3128 .D65 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
382.0973051
Summary
Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-361) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.