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Title Americans and Macao : trade, smuggling, and diplomacy on the South China Coast / edited by Paul A. Van Dyke
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) : map
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History
Contents Americans, Macao and China / John E. Wills, Jr. and Paul A. Van Dyke -- Revolutions and Divergences : The Macao Vortex in a Transforming World / John E. Wills, Jr. -- A Clash of Civilizations in the Pearl River Delta : Stephen Girard's Trade with China, 1787-1824 / Jonathan Goldstein -- American Ships, Macao, and the Bombay Marine, 1806-1817 : Delicate Lines for a Junior Officer to Tread-the Role of Daniel Ross in the Charting of the China Seas / Stephen Davies -- Smuggling Networks of the Pearl River Delta before 1842 : Implications for Macao and the American China Trade / Paul A. Van Dyke -- The April 1820 Debt Settlement between Conseequa and Benjamin Chew Wilcocks / Frederic D. Grant, Jr. -- The Importance of the China Trade in American Exploration and Conquest in the Pacific, 1830-1850 / Michael Block -- Henrietta Hall Shuck : Engendering Faith, Education, and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Macao / Isabel Morais -- Five American Women's Perceptions of China 1829-1941 : "A Yard-stick of Our Own Construction" / Susan E. Schopp -- Duties and Limitations : The Role of United States Consuls in Macao, 1849-1869 / Vincent Wai-kit Ho
Summary The theme of this volume is the American relationship with Macao and its region through trade, politics, and culture, and the focus is mainly on the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The essays address topics such as the role of the China trade in US pacific expansion and exploration, US consuls, smuggling networks, American women's perceptions of China, and missionary and educational work. In all of the encounters, Macao emerges as a central player, adding a new dimension to our understanding of Sino-American relations. -- Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Diplomatic relations
International economic relations
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Van Dyke, Paul Arthur.
LC no. 2012501588
ISBN 9789882208513
9882208517