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 Dolin, Eric Jay.

Edition 1st ed.

ISBN 9780871404336
0871404338

Imprint 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.