The India-China Opium Trade in the Nineteenth Century

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From 1823 to 1860 a fleet of small, fast brigs and schooners carried opium from India to China. This shadowy trade, conducted by American, British, and Indian firms, thrived despite moral and legal consequences, and the dangers of typhoons and pirates. This account of the opium trade draws largely on primary sources, with many excerpts from writings of those who saw and participated in the opium trade. Appendices describe a shipboard recipe, as well as two ships involved in the trade and their crews, and give language equivalents for proper and place names. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786407156
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 10/1/1999
  • Pages: 232

Table of Contents

Preface 1
Introduction: Clearing the Decks 5
1 Running Great Risks for Great Rewards 21
2 A Stream of Wealth: Opium, India and China 31
3 The Rise of the Great Trading Houses 57
4 Ships of the Opium Trade 75
5 The Opium Wars 99
6 The Heat of Battle 119
7 Pirates of the South China Sea 131
8 Typhoons, Monsoons and Hazards to Navigation 151
9 The Twilight of the Opium Trade 169
10 Legacies of the Opium Trade 185
App. I A Modern Recipe for "Country Captain" 197
App. II Falcon and Her Crew 199
App. III Antelope and Her Crew 205
App. IV Excerpts from "The Opium War" 207
App. V Selected Wade-Giles/Hanyu Pinyin Equivalents 209
Bibliography 211
Index 221
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