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Author Downs, Jacques M., 1926-
Title The golden ghetto : the American commercial community at Canton and the shaping of American China policy, 1784-1844 / Jacques M. Downs.
Publication Info Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
Edition Hong Kong University Press edition.


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Descript 1 online resource (vi, 496 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
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Edition Hong Kong University Press edition.
Note "First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso
"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover
Contents Introduction to the republication of the golden ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The golden ghetto -- Old Canton and its trade -- American business under the old system -- Opium transforms the Canton system -- The residents and their firms -- The dominant firms -- The other houses -- The China trader -- Cushing's treaty -- The creation of an official policy -- The mission to China -- 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.
ISBN 9789888313327 (electronic bk.)
9888313320 (electronic bk.)
9789888139095
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Author Downs, Jacques M., 1926-
Series Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history
Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Subject China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History.
Alt author Grant, Frederick Delano, Jr.,
Descript 1 online resource (vi, 496 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Content text txt
Media electronic
Carrier online resource cr
Edition Hong Kong University Press edition.
Note "First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso
"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover
Contents Introduction to the republication of the golden ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The golden ghetto -- Old Canton and its trade -- American business under the old system -- Opium transforms the Canton system -- The residents and their firms -- The dominant firms -- The other houses -- The China trader -- Cushing's treaty -- The creation of an official policy -- The mission to China -- 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.
ISBN 9789888313327 (electronic bk.)
9888313320 (electronic bk.)
9789888139095
Author Downs, Jacques M., 1926-
Series Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history
Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Subject China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History.
Alt author Grant, Frederick Delano, Jr.,

Subject China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
Guangzhou (China) -- Commerce -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (vi, 496 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Content text txt
Media electronic
Carrier online resource cr
Note "First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso
"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover
Contents Introduction to the republication of the golden ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The golden ghetto -- Old Canton and its trade -- American business under the old system -- Opium transforms the Canton system -- The residents and their firms -- The dominant firms -- The other houses -- The China trader -- Cushing's treaty -- The creation of an official policy -- The mission to China -- 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.
Alt author Grant, Frederick Delano, Jr.,
ISBN 9789888313327 (electronic bk.)
9888313320 (electronic bk.)
9789888139095
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