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America's First Adventure in China: Trade, Treaties, Opium, and Salvation - Couverture rigide

Haddad, John R

 
9781439906897: America's First Adventure in China: Trade, Treaties, Opium, and Salvation
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1439906890 ISBN 13 : 9781439906897
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2013

Synopsis

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 outcomeOCothey established a unique presence in ChinaOCoand cultivated a relationship whose complexities continue to grow.

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À propos de l'auteur

John R. Haddad is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Popuar Culture at Penn State Harrisburg. He was awarded the Gutenberg-e Prize in 2002 for his dissertation, which was published as The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture, 1776-1876. In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and research at the University of Hong Kong.

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Éditeur
Temple University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1439906890
ISBN 13 
9781439906897
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
264
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