America's first adventure in China : trade, treaties, opium, and salvation / John R. Haddad
- Bib ID:
- 6894750
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Haddad, John Rogers, author
- Description:
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- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013
- viii, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 1439906890
- 1439906904
- 9781439906897
- 9781439906903
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781439906910
- Summary:
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"In 1784, when Americans first voyaged to China, they confronted Chinese authorities who were unaware that the United States even existed. Nevertheless, a long, complicated, and fruitful trade relationship was born after American traders, missionaries, diplomats, and others sailed to China with lofty ambitions: to acquire fabulous wealth, convert China to Christianity, and even command a Chinese army. In America's First Adventure in China, John Haddad provides a colorful history of the evolving cultural exchange and interactions between these countries. He recounts how American expatriates adopted a pragmatic attitude--as well as an entrepreneurial spirit and improvisational approach--to their dealings with the Chinese. Haddad shows how opium played a potent role in the dreams of Americans who either smuggled it or opposed its importation, and he considers the missionary movement that compelled individuals to accept a hard life in an alien culture. As a result of their efforts, Americans achieved a favorable outcome--they established a unique presence in China--and cultivated a relationship whose complexities continue to grow."--Publisher's website.
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-273) and index.
- Subject:
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- Missions, American -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Opium trade -- China -- History -- 19th century
- China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- China -- Relations -- United States
- United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 18th century
- United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Relations -- China
- China
- USA
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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