The golden ghetto : the American commercial community at Canton and the shaping of American China policy, 1784-1844 /

Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city's most important foreign communities--the Americans--during the decades between the American Revolut...

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Main Author: Downs, Jacques M., 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
Edition:Hong Kong University Press edition.
Series:Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
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