Acknowledgments
Note on Translation and Currencies
List of Abbreviations
Glossary of People
Glossary of Terms
Introduction: An American Firm, a British Colony, and a Global Microhistory
1. A Very Profitable Crisis: Canton’s American Merchants on the Eve of the First Opium War
2. A House Is Not a Home: The American Merchant House in Hong Kong
3. Lives Lived in Public: American Encounters with British Colonial Society
4. Missed Opportunities: Balancing Metropolitan Politics and Private Interests in China
5. Friends Near and Far: Creating and Maintaining Global Networks Through Hong Kong
6. Wealth or Expertise: The Social and Professional Paths of Returned American Merchants
Conclusion: Lives of Consequence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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The China Firm von Thomas Larkin - mit der ISBN: 9780231558532
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