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Author Eric Jay Dolin - When America First Met China
Tuesday January 15, 2013
7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Author Eric Jay Dolin  will give a talk on his new book, When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail. Illuminating one of the least understood areas of American history, the book traces our fraught relationship with China, from its beginning after the American Revolution, through the end of the Civil War. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and beche-de-mer--a rare sea cucumber delicacy--might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions, the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters-from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings, When America First Met China is a page-turning saga that explores a time many years ago when the desire for trade and profit first brought America to China's door. The presentation uses beautiful images to create an exciting, narrated tour of highlights from the book.
Co-sponsored with the Wayland Historical Society.
Location: Raytheon Room
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