The Golden Ghetto

The Golden Ghetto: The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844

The Golden Ghetto was written by Jacques M. Downs, and Frederic D. Grant, Jr.. The 504 page book was published by Hong Kong University Press in 2014 (originally in 1997) with an ISBN 10 of 9888139096. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. The Golden Ghetto mentions 1 serial killers including Delano Forbes. The author Jacques M. Downs has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

Before the opening of the treaty ports in the 1840s, Canton was the only Chinese port where foreign merchants were allowed to trade. The Golden Ghetto takes us into the world of one of this city’s most important foreign communities—the Americans—during the decades between the American Revolution of 1776 and the signing of the Sino-US Treaty of Wanghia in 1844. American merchants lived in isolation from Chinese society in sybaritic, albeit usually celibate luxury. Making use of exhaustive research, Downs provides an especially clear explanation of the Canton commercial setting generally and of the role of American merchants. Many of these men made fortunes and returned home to become important figures in the rapidly developing United States....