Roy on Van Dyke, 'Merchants of Canton and Macao: Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade'
Paul Arthur Van Dyke. Merchants of Canton and Macao: Success and Failure in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Trade. Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong University Press, 2016. xlvii + 443 pp. Illustrations. $79.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-988-8139-32-3.
Reviewed by Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics) Published on H-Asia (September, 2017) Commissioned by Sumit Guha
Bonk on Jampoler, 'Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America's Secret First Pivot toward Asia, 1832-37'
Andrew C. A. Jampoler. Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America's Secret First Pivot toward Asia, 1832-37. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2015. Illustrations. 256 pp. $44.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-61251-416-1.
Reviewed by James Bonk (College of Wooster) Published on H-War (September, 2016) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey
Leonard on Pandian and Mariappan and Das, 'Ayya's Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India'
Anand Pandian, M. P. Mariappan, Veena Das. Ayya's Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014. xii + 216 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-01258-6; $24.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-01250-0.
Reviewed by Karen Leonard (University of California-Irvine) Published on H-Asia (September, 2014) Commissioned by Sumit Guha
Across Time and Space: Grandfather and Grandson Converse
Swingen on Haggerty, '"Merely for Money"? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815'
Sheryllynne Haggerty. "Merely for Money"? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815. Eighteenth Century Worlds Series. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2012. 288 pp. $99.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-84631-817-7.
Reviewed by Abigail Swingen (Texas Tech University) Published on H-Albion (May, 2013) Commissioned by Siobhan M. Talbott
Duchemin on Chung, 'In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West'
Sue Fawn Chung. In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. xxxii + 258 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-03628-6.
Reviewed by Michael Duchemin (Chinese American Museum, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument) Published on H-California (November, 2012) Commissioned by Eileen V. Wallis
Zacek on Haggerty, '"Merely for Money"? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815'
Sheryllynne Haggerty. "Merely for Money"? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815. Eighteenth Century Worlds Series. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2012. 288 pp. $99.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-84631-817-7.
Reviewed by Natalie A. Zacek (University of Manchester) Published on H-Atlantic (March, 2013) Commissioned by W. Douglas Catterall
Boorn on Bockstoce, 'Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade'
John R. Bockstoce. Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade. The Lamar Series in Western History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 496 pp. $26.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-300-16799-3.
Reviewed by Alida Boorn Published on H-AmIndian (April, 2011) Commissioned by Patrick G. Bottiger
Boorn on Bockstoce, 'Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade'
John R. Bockstoce. Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade. The Lamar Series in Western History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 496 pp. $26.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-300-16799-3.
Reviewed by Alida Boorn Published on H-AmIndian (January, 2011) Commissioned by Patrick G. Bottiger
