When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs,

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
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Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
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-merâ€•a rare sea cucumber delicacyâ€•might have catalyzed Americaâ€™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 charactersâ€•from the â€œFinancier of the Revolutionâ€ Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beingsâ€•this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrickâ€™s Mayflower or Mark Kurlanskyâ€™s Cod. 16 pages of color, 83 black-and-white illustrations
Country USA
Brand Liveright Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer Liveright
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-09-03
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780871406897

Country	USA
Brand	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer	Liveright
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2013-09-03
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780871406897

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

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