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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
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780871404336
ISBN-10: 0871404338
Publication Date: 9/10/2012
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Liveright
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book did not live up to its intriguing title. While there were interesting stories sprinkled throughout, mostly it felt like a chore to read.


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