The China Firm American Elites and the Making of British Colonial Society

Thomas M. Larkin examines the Hong Kong-based Augustine Heard & Company, the most prominent American trading firm in treaty-port China, to explore the ways American elites at once made and were made by British colonial society.

Info autore

Thomas M. Larkin is assistant professor of the history of the United States of America and the world at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Riassunto

Thomas M. Larkin examines the Hong Kong–based Augustine Heard & Company, the most prominent American trading firm in treaty-port China, to explore the ways American elites at once made and were made by British colonial society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Larkin
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 27.02.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780231210676
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21067-6
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Serie: A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American–East Asian Relations
• Categorie: USA, China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Asian History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, history; business & economics