The Golden Ghetto : The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844.
Downs, Jacques M.
The Golden Ghetto : The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (507 pages) - Echoes Series . - Echoes Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Republication of The Golden Ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: The Golden Ghetto -- 1. Old Canton and Its Trade -- 2. American Business under the Old System -- 3. Opium Transforms the Canton System -- Part Two: The Residents and Their Firms -- 4. The Dominant Firms -- 5. The Other Houses -- 6. The China Trader -- Part Three: Cushing's Treaty -- 7. The Creation of an Official Policy -- 8. The Mission to China -- 9. Retrospection -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Old Canton -- List of Abbreviations -- Appendix 1: Wade-Giles-Pinyin Equivalents -- Appendix 2: Statistics and the American Trade -- Appendix 3: A Note on the Silver Trade -- Appendix 4: Known Partners of American Firms at Canton, 1803-44 -- Appendix 5: Commercial Family Alliances -- Appendix 6: Robert Bennet Forbes's Correspondence with Warren Delano, 1879 -- Appendix 7: A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
9789888313327
Americans -- China -- Guangzhou -- History.
Merchants -- China -- Guangzhou -- History.
Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
Electronic books.
HF3840.C36
337.51/275
The Golden Ghetto : The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (507 pages) - Echoes Series . - Echoes Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Republication of The Golden Ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: The Golden Ghetto -- 1. Old Canton and Its Trade -- 2. American Business under the Old System -- 3. Opium Transforms the Canton System -- Part Two: The Residents and Their Firms -- 4. The Dominant Firms -- 5. The Other Houses -- 6. The China Trader -- Part Three: Cushing's Treaty -- 7. The Creation of an Official Policy -- 8. The Mission to China -- 9. Retrospection -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Old Canton -- List of Abbreviations -- Appendix 1: Wade-Giles-Pinyin Equivalents -- Appendix 2: Statistics and the American Trade -- Appendix 3: A Note on the Silver Trade -- Appendix 4: Known Partners of American Firms at Canton, 1803-44 -- Appendix 5: Commercial Family Alliances -- Appendix 6: Robert Bennet Forbes's Correspondence with Warren Delano, 1879 -- Appendix 7: A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
9789888313327
Americans -- China -- Guangzhou -- History.
Merchants -- China -- Guangzhou -- History.
Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
Electronic books.
HF3840.C36
337.51/275