ANGLO-AMERICAN STEAMSHIP RIVALRY IN CHINA 1862-1874. Harvard East Asian Studies 8

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1962. xvi+218pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book is in very good, clean condition. Dust jacket is shelfworn with small tears and chips at edges, othewise in near very good condition. *"After the clipper-ship era, Americans operated steamships serving local trade in Chinese waters. Reconstructing these ventures in the treaty ports, this book uses papers of American and British firms to provide an inside view of their competitive financial and business methods and their contact with the Chinese merchant community."