America's first adventure in China : trade, treaties, opium, and salvation
John R. Haddad
| Year of publication: |
2013
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| Authors: | Haddad, John R. |
| Publisher: |
Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Opiate | Opiates | Außenhandel | Foreign trade | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | International economic relations | Handelsgeschichte | History of trade | China | USA | United States | Opiumhandel | Taipingbewegung | Außenhandelspolitik | Geschichte 1784-1900 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [bvbr.bib-bvb.de] |
| Extent: | VIII, 283 S. Ill., Kt. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index First contact : the voyage of the empress of China -- System men : the rise of Perkins & Co. -- All for a cup of tea : finding goods for the Canton market -- Beachhead of God : the first wave of missionaries -- Rising on smoke : opium and identity in Canton -- Formal ties : the Caleb Cushing mission -- Centrifugal force : the spread of people, goods, capital, and ideas -- Heavenly war : Americans and the Taiping rebellion -- Cooperation : Burlingame and the reinvention of Sino-western relations. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4399-0689-7 ; 978-1-4399-0691-0 ; 978-1-4399-0691-0 |
| Classification: | Außenpolitik, Internationale Politik ; USA ; China |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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