Author: Pritchard, Earl Hampton [1907-1995]
Title: The Crucial Years of Early Anglo-Chinese Relations, 1750-1800
Description: Pullman [WA], State College of Washington, (1936). orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, [347] pp. Series: Research Studies of the State College of Washington, vol. 4, no. 3-4.. Rubbed. Spine cloth-taped. Good. ¶ Inscribed by author on reverse of title-page. Pagination runs 95-442. Contents: A Crucial Ten Years: The Legalization & Fixation of the Canton System (1751-1761); The East India Company's Trade with China (1760-1800); Private, Country & Foreign Trade & the Struggle for Control of the China Trade (1764-1800); Events Leading to the First British Embassy to China (1760-1786); The Cathcart Embassy & Events Following It (1787-1791); Preparations for the Macartney Embassy (1791-1791); The Macartney Embassy in China (1792-1793); The Return of the Embassy to England & an Estimate of Its Achievements (1793-1800); Appendices.

Keywords: Chinese Diplomatic History, Great Britain, British Diplomacy, China East Asia, Economic History, Economics, Commerce, Trade, Foreign Relations