China hands and old Cantons : Britons and the Middle Kingdom

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Title:

China hands and old Cantons : Britons and the Middle Kingdom

Britons and the Middle Kingdom

Author:

Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961- author.

ISBN:

9781538157572

Personal Author:

Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961- author.

Publication Information:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2021.

Physical Description:

viii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps 24 cm

Abstract:

"This unique book explores the wide range of views of Britons in China from the late 1700s to the 1840s as they chafed under the restrictionsimposed by the Canton System. Carroll brings a seminal period in theChinese-British relationship, which revolved around tea and opium, to vividlife through the words of those who experienced it intimately"-- Providedby publisher.

Subject Term:

British -- China -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.

Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.

Guangzhou (China) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Portion Title:

Britons and the Middle Kingdom

Bibliographical References:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805:

npmlib 11100967 HF3508.C5 C37 os2 yh

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