When America First Met China An Exotic History Of Tea Drugs And Money In The Age Of Sail

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

2012-09-10

Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.

Author: Eric Jay Dolin

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9780871403483

Category: History

Page: 416

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Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. 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 beche-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.

Killer High

2020

David T. Courtwright, Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World (Cambridge, ... When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (New York: Liveright, 2012), 215. 23.

Author: Peter Andreas

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780190463014

Category: HISTORY

Page: 353

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Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopolitics -- Speed warfare -- Cocaine wars -- Conclusion: The drugged battlefields of the 21st century .

Afternoon Tea

2019-04-05

Tea harvesting is also done primarily by women and children, which opens the door to plenty of discussions of gender ... See EricJay Dolin, When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (New ...

Author: Julia Skinner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781442271029

Category: Cooking

Page: 244

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Afternoon Tea focuses on the history and development of afternoon tea. While other books focus on etiquette, recipes, or a few notable figures, this book offers a more in-depth consideration of the meal by discussing its intersections with English colonialism, its changes over time, and its regional variations.

Drugs in American Society An Encyclopedia of History Politics Culture and the Law 3 volumes

2014-12-16

Eventually, the desire to help the Chinese address their opium problem led to the convening of the first two international drug control ... When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs and Money in the Age of Sail.

Author: Nancy E. Marion

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781610695961

Category: Political Science

Page: 1163

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Containing more than 450 entries, this easy-to-read encyclopedia provides concise information about the history of and recent trends in drug use and drug abuse in the United States—a societal problem with an estimated cost of $559 billion a year. • Contains more than 450 detailed entries on topics ranging from drugs themselves—such as alcohol, codeine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamines—to key individuals like Harry Anslinger to organizations such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) • Covers the latest developments in U.S. policies and public attitudes toward drugs and drug use • Provides citations with each entry to guide users to other valuable research resources • Features carefully selected primary documents—including excerpts from important laws, policies, and campaigns—that have shaped American drug policy over the decades

Imperialism and Expansionism in American History A Social Political and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection 4 volumes

2015-12-14

... Opium Wars Further Reading Dollin, Eric Jay. When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail. New York: Liveright, 2012. Haddad,John R. America's First Adventure in China: Trade, ...

Author: Chris J. Magoc

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781610694308

Category: History

Page: 1542

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This four-volume encyclopedia chronicles the historical roots of the United States' current military dominance, documenting its growth from continental expansionism to hemispheric hegemony to global empire. • Overviews the history of American imperialism through chronologically arranged entries that are multidisciplinary, incisively written, and informed by the latest scholarship • Covers issues ranging from the fur trade of the frontier era to today's complex engagement in the Middle East and Africa • Shares key insights on the intersection of popular culture with the projection of U.S. military power • Includes background material and an extensive selection of primary documents that will help students practice critical reading, thinking, and writing skills • Features numerous photos, illustrations, and sidebars that enliven the text and engage students in participatory learning

A Great and Rising Nation

2022-07-27

For slavery and the US Postal Service, see John, Spreading the News, especially chap. ... Eric Jay Dolin, When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (New York: W. W. Norton, 2012), 112.

Author: Michael A. Verney

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226818375

Category: History

Page: 309

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A Great and Rising Nation illuminates the unexplored early decades of the United States’ imperialist naval aspirations. Conventional wisdom holds that, until the Spanish-American War of 1898, the United States was a feeble player on the world stage, with an international presence rooted in commerce rather than military might. Michael A. Verney’s A Great and Rising Nation flips this notion on its head, arguing that early US naval expeditions, often characterized as merely scientific, were in fact deeply imperialist. Circling the globe from the Mediterranean to South America and the Arctic, these voyages reflected the diverse imperial aspirations of the new republic, including commercial dominance in the Pacific World, religious empire in the Holy Land, proslavery expansion in South America, and diplomatic prestige in Europe. As Verney makes clear, the United States had global imperial aspirations far earlier than is commonly thought.

Fateful Ties

2015

A History of America's Preoccupation with China Gordon H. Chang. First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (New York: Liveright, 2012). 5. Jonathan Goldstein, Philadelphia and the China Trade, ...

Author: Gordon H. Chang

Publisher: Harvard University Press

ISBN: 9780674050396

Category: History

Page: 329

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Americans look to China with fascination and fear, unsure whether it is friend or foe but certain it will play a crucial role in their future. This is nothing new, Gordon Chang says. Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America’s long and varied preoccupation with China.

Brilliant Beacons A History of the American Lighthouse

2016-04-18

of one of the strangest industries in American history.” —Bruce Barcott, New York Times Praise for When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail Chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the top ...

Author: Eric Jay Dolin

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9781631491535

Category: History

Page: 448

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"What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016

The Private Side of the Canton Trade 1700 1840

2018-03-13

Haddad presents many examples of Americans involved in the trade and shows how influential the exchanges were on ... Eric Jay Dolin, When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (New York: ...

Author: Paul A. Van Dyke

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

ISBN: 9789888390939

Category: History

Page: 208

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It is not often recognized that China was one of the few places in the early modern world where all merchants had equal access to the market. This study shows that private traders, regardless of the volume of their trade, were granted the same privileges in Canton as the large East India companies. All of these companies relied, to some extent, on private capital to finance their operations. Without the investments from individuals, the trade with China would have been greatly hindered. Competitors, large and small, traded alongside each other while enemies traded alongside enemies. Buddhists, Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Parsees, Armenians, Hindus, and others lived and worked within the small area in the western suburbs of Canton designated for foreigners. Cantonese shopkeepers were not allowed to discriminate against any foreign traders. In fact, the shopkeepers were generally working in a competitive environment, providing customer-oriented service that generated goodwill, friendship, and trust. These contributed to the growth of the trade as a whole. While many private traders were involved in smuggling opium, others, such as Nathan Dunn, were much opposed to it. The case studies in this volume demonstrate that fortunes could be made in China by trading in legitimate items just as successfully as in illegitimate ones, which tellingly suggests that the rapid spread of opium smuggling in China could be a result of inadequate, rather than excessive, regulation by the Qing government. ‘For this absorbing book, Van Dyke and Schopp have convened excellent scholars, junior and senior, to throw new light on the foreign merchants outside the East India companies who shaped China’s engagement with the world at least as much as the companies’ men did, if not more. The slumbering field of foreign trade in Qing China has come back to life.’ —Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia ‘Much scholarship on the China trade has focused on the activities of the vast state-sponsored companies. This book flips the script. Now we know that, right under the noses of those economic behemoths, smaller private traders from Europe, America, and China were quietly reshaping the trade with their innovation, networking, grit, and dreams.’ —John R. Haddad, The Pennsylvania State University

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs

2018-09-18

China in Books: A Basic Bibliography in Western Languages. Greenwich, Conn. ... Tregear, Thomas R. China: A Geographical Survey. ... When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail.

Author: Lawrence R. Sullivan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781538111628

Category: Political Science

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Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on major events, national institutions, foreign nations, and personages impacting Chinese foreign affairs.

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