China Hands and Old Cantons: Britons and the Middle Kingdom
- ISBN-10
- 1538157586
- ISBN-13
- 9781538157589
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-15
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- John M. Carroll
Description
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.
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