Title America's first adventure in China : trade, treaties, opium, and salvation

Published Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (295 pages) Contents Acknowledgments; A Note on the Spelling of Chinese Words; Introduction; 1. First Contact: The Voyage of the 'Empress of China'; 2. System Men: The Rise of Perkins and Company; 3. All for a Cup of Tea: Finding Goods for the Canton Market; 4. Beachhead of God: The First Wave of Missionaries; 5. Rising on Smoke: Opium and Identity in Canton; 6. Formal Ties: The Caleb Cushing Mission; 7. Centrifugal Force: The Spread of People, Goods, Capital, and Ideas; 8. Heavenly War: Americans and the Taiping Rebellion; 9. Cooperation: Burlingame and the Reinvention of Sino-Western Relations Summary 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 Americ Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Opium trade -- China -- History -- 19th century Missions, American -- China -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Commerce Missions, American Opium trade SUBJECT United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 18th century China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 18th century United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 19th century Subject China United States Genre/Form dissertations. Academic theses History Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781439906910 1439906912

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