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2024-06-17
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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。...
評分美國和中國是當今世界最重要的雙邊關係之一,但早期中美關係的曆史卻鮮有人提及。《美國和中國最初的相遇》一書給提供瞭一種美國人的解讀。書中涉及的曆史人物眾多,皆形象鮮明,如中國的乾隆、道光等皇帝,林則徐、關天培等官員,義律、琦善等來華的英國大員,浩官等中國商人...
評分美國和中國是當今世界最重要的雙邊關係之一,但早期中美關係的曆史卻鮮有人提及。《美國和中國最初的相遇》一書給提供瞭一種美國人的解讀。書中涉及的曆史人物眾多,皆形象鮮明,如中國的乾隆、道光等皇帝,林則徐、關天培等官員,義律、琦善等來華的英國大員,浩官等中國商人...
評分在談論中國與歐洲的相遇時,我們往往以乾隆時代的傲慢,反觀天朝在禮儀上的傲慢,進而揭示中國的落後。作者不一樣,他通過中國與美國的相遇,刻畫瞭美國總統與滿清皇帝,飛剪船船長與廣州行商,部落首領與商業巨頭的錶現與態度,以類似紀實文學的形式,帶領讀者走入現場,感受...
評分這是一本很彆緻的曆史讀物,它以講故事的形式,從第一艘抵達中國廣州的美國船說起,描繪瞭諸多中美關係曆史趣聞。在書裏,我們可以看到貿易競爭和武力鬥爭,看到華工的苦難和華工的貢獻,看到中國皇帝、官員和美國總統、英國大員。可以說,本書是一幅中美關係的清明上河圖。
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