The Resource 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
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- Summary
- Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and beche-de-mer--a rare sea cucumber delicacy--might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters--from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings--this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky's Cod
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- "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
- Isbn
- 9780871404336
- Label
- When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail
- Title
- When America first met China
- Title remainder
- an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Jay Dolin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and beche-de-mer--a rare sea cucumber delicacy--might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters--from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings--this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky's Cod
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dolin, Eric Jay
- Dewey number
- 382.0973051
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HF3128
- LC item number
- .D65 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- China
- China
- Commerce
- China
- United States
- Label
- When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail, Eric Jay Dolin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1380129
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871404336
- Lccn
- 2012016598
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1380129
- (OCoLC)783160162
- Label
- When America first met China : an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail, Eric Jay Dolin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1380129
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871404336
- Lccn
- 2012016598
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1380129
- (OCoLC)783160162
Subject
- China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Commerce
- History
- 1700-1899
- United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 18th century
- United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- China
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