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.
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.
發表於2024-12-22
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看瞭這本書,纔知道美國人起來革命,發生波士頓的倒茶運動,不是因為英國人收茶葉的印花稅,而是因為英國人決定吧東印度公司的茶葉低價傾銷給美國。既然低價傾銷,為什麼帶來的反抗,比收稅還嚴重呢?因為美國人擔心自己的國傢,成為第二個印度。這是多麼有前瞻的一個國民啊。...
評分 評分美國作為當今世界的第一強國,中國作為正在崛起的未來新星,兩者的相遇必然會對國際社會産生巨大影響,探究二者曆史軌跡上的第一個交點變成瞭一件非常有趣的事情。這本書用陳述的口吻,運用大量具象事物,生動地嚮讀者呈現瞭美中兩國最初的相遇場景,以及美中貿易在當時的發展...
評分美國作為當今世界的第一強國,中國作為正在崛起的未來新星,兩者的相遇必然會對國際社會産生巨大影響,探究二者曆史軌跡上的第一個交點變成瞭一件非常有趣的事情。這本書用陳述的口吻,運用大量具象事物,生動地嚮讀者呈現瞭美中兩國最初的相遇場景,以及美中貿易在當時的發展...
評分圖書標籤: 國際關係 曆史 USA China 近代史 經濟 貿易 英文版
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.
評分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.
評分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.
評分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.
評分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.
When America First Met China 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載