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The New Middle Kingdom: China and the Early American Romance of Free Trade
Kendall A. Johnson
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Description for The New Middle Kingdom: China and the Early American Romance of Free Trade
Hardback. Spanning a full century, from the post-Revolutionary War era to the Gilded Age, The New Middle Kingdom is a vivid look at the Far East through Western eyes, one that highlights the importance of China in antebellum US culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35, 14 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; DS; HBJF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. .
In the imaginations of early Americans, the Middle Kingdom was the wealthiest empire in the world. Its geographical distance did not deter commercial aspirations-rather, it inspired them. Starting in the late eighteenth century, merchants from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Salem, Newport, and elsewhere cast speculative lines to China. The resulting fortunes shaped the cultural foundation of the early republic and funded westward frontier expansion. In The New Middle Kingdom, Kendall A. Johnson argues that-for the merchant princes who speculated in the global Far East, as well as the missionaries and diplomats who followed them-Manifest Destiny spurred ... Read more
In the imaginations of early Americans, the Middle Kingdom was the wealthiest empire in the world. Its geographical distance did not deter commercial aspirations-rather, it inspired them. Starting in the late eighteenth century, merchants from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Salem, Newport, and elsewhere cast speculative lines to China. The resulting fortunes shaped the cultural foundation of the early republic and funded westward frontier expansion. In The New Middle Kingdom, Kendall A. Johnson argues that-for the merchant princes who speculated in the global Far East, as well as the missionaries and diplomats who followed them-Manifest Destiny spurred ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421422510
SKU
V9781421422510
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About Kendall A. Johnson
Kendall A. Johnson is an associate professor of American studies and the head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Henry James and the Visual and the editor of Narratives of Free Trade: The Commercial Cultures of Early US-China Relations.
Reviews for The New Middle Kingdom: China and the Early American Romance of Free Trade
... Johnson chronicles a fascinating account of how the nation forged a new alliance with China in a triumphalist era to reposition the US as the world's new Middle Kingdom. Recommended. The New Middle Kingdom is at its core an account of those who shaped the US' early relationship with China. By examining these figures through their own works and ... Read more