Canton Days: British Life and Death in China - Paperback

by John M. Carroll (Author)

Challenging common assumptions about the British presence in China, Canton Days traces the history of the British community in Canton and Macao from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842. This clear and lively book will appeal to all readers interested in British imperial history and early modern Chinese history.

Author Biography

John M. Carroll is professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong and A Concise History of Hong Kong.