When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Dolin, Eric Jay
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Dolin, Eric Jay

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces...
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Author: Eric Jay Dolin
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When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Dolin, Eric Jay

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

$40.94
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Dolin, Eric Jay

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

$40.94
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and bêche-de-mer--a rare sea cucumber delicacy--might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters--from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings--this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky's Cod.

Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/03/2013
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780871406897

About the Author
Dolin, Eric Jay: - Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including Left for Dead; Black Flags, Blue Waters; and Leviathan. His books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award; and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; and he was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.
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