Canton Days

British Life and Death in China

By: John M. Carroll

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Hardcover | 13 February 2020

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358 Pages

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16.0 x 23.7 x 2.7

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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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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
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

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