The China Firm American Elites and the Making of British Colonial Society |
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| Author:
| Larkin, Thomas |
| Series title: | A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-East Asian Relations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-21066-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2024 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.