具体描述
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 that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and bêche-de-mer--a rare sea cucumber delicacy--might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters--from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings--this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky's Cod. Two maps, and 16 pages of color and 83 black-and-white illustrations.
作者简介
Eric Jay Dolin is the author of the bestselling Leviathan: The History of Whaling In America, which was chosen as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and The Providence Journal, and was chosen by Amazon.com's editors as one of the top ten history books of 2007. Leviathan also won the 2007 John Lyman Award for U. S. Maritime History, and the 23rd Annual L. Byrne Waterman Award, given by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, for outstanding contributions to whaling research and history. His last book, Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America, was chosen by New West, The Seattle Times, and the Rocky Mountain Land Library as one of the best nonfiction books of 2010, and it also won the 2011 James P. Hanlan Book Award, given by the New England Historical Association. A graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, where he received his Ph.D. in environmental policy, he lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.
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本书记述了19世纪早期中美关系史，书中提供的历史事实从中可以显示美国在发展初期对环境的破坏，社会鸦片贸易的泛滥，造成严重的危机。本书以独特的角度体现了中美文化的冲突。领悟到中美两国在发展中要相互尊重对方，求同存异，才能避免不同价值观的冲突，以利共同发展。在现...
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评分美国和中国是当今世界最重要的双边关系之一，但早期中美关系的历史却鲜有人提及。《美国和中国最初的相遇》一书给提供了一种美国人的解读。书中涉及的历史人物众多，皆形象鲜明，如中国的乾隆、道光等皇帝，林则徐、关天培等官员，义律、琦善等来华的英国大员，浩官等中国商人...
评分看了这本书，才知道美国人起来革命，发生波士顿的倒茶运动，不是因为英国人收茶叶的印花税，而是因为英国人决定吧东印度公司的茶叶低价倾销给美国。既然低价倾销，为什么带来的反抗，比收税还严重呢？因为美国人担心自己的国家，成为第二个印度。这是多么有前瞻的一个国民啊。...
评分看了这本书，才知道美国人起来革命，发生波士顿的倒茶运动，不是因为英国人收茶叶的印花税，而是因为英国人决定吧东印度公司的茶叶低价倾销给美国。既然低价倾销，为什么带来的反抗，比收税还严重呢？因为美国人担心自己的国家，成为第二个印度。这是多么有前瞻的一个国民啊。...
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Brought me back to the age of sailings back to the 19th century. The author has a great view towards the history of Sino American trade. Love this book, definitely will recommend it to my friends.
评分Brought me back to the age of sailings back to the 19th century. The author has a great view towards the history of Sino American trade. Love this book, definitely will recommend it to my friends.
评分Brought me back to the age of sailings back to the 19th century. The author has a great view towards the history of Sino American trade. Love this book, definitely will recommend it to my friends.
评分Brought me back to the age of sailings back to the 19th century. The author has a great view towards the history of Sino American trade. Love this book, definitely will recommend it to my friends.
评分Brought me back to the age of sailings back to the 19th century. The author has a great view towards the history of Sino American trade. Love this book, definitely will recommend it to my friends.
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