Canton Days: British Life and Death in China

Author:   John M. Carroll
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9781538136287


Pages:   358
Publication Date:   13 February 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Canton Days offers the first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842. John Carroll challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China as he traces the lives and times of the expatriates at the heart of this vital center of trade and exchange. The author draws on a rich trove of archival sources to bring Canton and its leading figures to life. Written in clear, lively, and jargon-free prose, this book will appeal to academic and general readers interested in British imperial history, early modern Chinese history, imperialism and colonialism, and expatriate and sojourning communities.

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Author:   John M. Carroll
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9781538136287


ISBN 10:   1538136287
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   13 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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On the basis of fine research, Carroll has presented a virtual cyclorama of the British community in Canton during the decades prior to the Opium War. He has successfully brought together many aspects of that community's life hitherto dealt with most often as separate subjects.--Richard Grace, emeritus, Providence College; author of Opium and Empire For nearly a century before 1842, the 'factories, ' one tiny patch of ground in the great city we know as Guangzhou, formed China's window on the world. John Carroll brings that hothouse arena vividly to life in this pioneering account of the Britons who lived, worked, dreamed, and died there. One still-powerful strand in modern China's history began in this sliver of old Canton: now we have the book that helps us understand that place and time.--Robert Bickers, University of Bristol


On the basis of fine research, Carroll has presented a virtual cyclorama of the British community in Canton during the decades prior to the Opium War. He has successfully brought together many aspects of that community's life hitherto dealt with most often as separate subjects.--Richard Grace, emeritus, Providence College; author of Opium and Empire For nearly a century before 1842, the 'factories, ' one tiny patch of ground in the great city we know as Guangzhou, formed China's window on the world. John Carroll brings that hothouse arena vividly to life in this pioneering account of the Britons who lived, worked, dreamed, and died there. One still-powerful strand in modern China's history began in this sliver of old Canton: now we have the book that helps us understand that place and time.--Robert Bickers


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John M. Carroll is professor of history at the University of Hong Kong.

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