The Golden Ghetto: The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844

By Jacques M. Downs

Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934223351
• ISBN13: 9780934223355
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Lehigh Univ Pr
• Length: 495 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"