When America first met China :: an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail /: Eric Jay Dolin.

When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail / Eric Jay Dolin.

Dolin, Eric Jay.

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

1st ed.

ISBN

9780871404336
0871404338

Publication Details

New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., c2012.

Language

English

Description

xviii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 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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