LEADER 04059nam 2200661 450 001 9910459598403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-8313-32-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000307385 035 $a(EBL)1863704 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001410921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11753305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001410921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11400768 035 $a(PQKB)11057161 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001111286 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1863704 035 $a(OCoLC)900223849 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1863704 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10991755 035 $a(OCoLC)897069798 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000307385 100 $a20141205h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe golden ghetto $ethe American commercial community at Canton and the shaping of American China policy, 1784-1844 /$fJacques M. Downs 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHKU Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (507 p.) 225 0 $aEchoes : classics of Hong kong culture and history 300 $a"First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso. 300 $a"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover. 311 $a988-8139-09-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction 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. 330 $aBefore the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city's most important foreign communities--the Americans--during the decades between the American Revolution of 1776 and the signing of the Sino-US Treaty of Wanghia in 1844. American merchants lived in isolation from Chinese society in sybaritic, albeit usually celibate luxury. Making use of exhaustive research, Downs provides an especially clear explanation of the Canton commercial setting generally and of the role of American merchants. Many of these men made fortunes and returned home to become important figures in the rapidly developing United States. The book devotes particular attention to the biographical details of the principal American traders, the leading American firms, and their operations in Canton and the United States. Opium smuggling receives especial emphasis, as does the important topic of early diplomatic relations between the United States and China. 410 0$aEchoes (Hong Kong, China) 606 $aAmericans$zChina$zGuangzhou$xHistory 606 $aMerchants$zChina$zGuangzhou$xHistory 607 $aGuangzhou (China)$xCommerce$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign economic relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmericans$xHistory. 615 0$aMerchants$xHistory. 676 $a337.51/275 700 $aDowns$b Jacques M.$01056438 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459598403321 996 $aThe golden ghetto$92490803 997 $aUNINA