John M. Carroll

Gebundenes Buch

China Hands and Old Cantons

Britons and the Middle Kingdom

Beschreibung

This fascinating history explores the wide range of views of Britons in late-imperial China as they chafed under the restrictions imposed by the Canton System. John M. Carroll brings a seminal period in the Anglo-Chinese relationship, which revolved around tea and opium, to life through the words of those who experienced it intimately.

Autor

John M. Carroll is professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong, A Concise History of Hong Kong, and Canton Days: British Life and Death in China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781538157572
• ISBN-10: 1538157578
• Artikelnr.: 62061438