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| Illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Pt. I | The Arena | |
| 1 | The Yangtze as Frontier | 1 |
| 2 | A Yangtze Sampler | 11 |
| 3 | Antecedent Years: Steam Navigation on the Yangtze, 1860-1920 | 23 |
| 4 | Yangtze Kiang: Geography and Natural Setting | 35 |
| 5 | American Ship Operations on the Yangtze River | 45 |
| Pt. II | The Players | |
| 6 | Standard Oil Company of New York | 63 |
| 7 | The Dollar Line | 75 |
| 8 | Yangtze Rapid Steamship Company | 85 |
| 9 | The Other Companies | 105 |
| 10 | Convoys and Armed Guards: The Navy and Merchant Ships | 115 |
| Pt. III | The Contests | |
| 11 | Demons, Shipwrecks, and Salvage | 133 |
| 12 | Piracy | 145 |
| 13 | Opium and Other Contraband | 153 |
| Pt. IV | Crises and Denouement | |
| 14 | The Communist Kidnapping of Captain Charles Baker | 163 |
| 15 | The Japanese and the Panay Convoy Incident | 177 |
| 16 | Epilogue: The Passing of the Far Frontier | 187 |
| Notes | 193 | |
| Bibliography | 213 | |
| Index | 225 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $119.95 | Digital |
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Yvonne Smith
reviewed American Merchant Ships On The Yangtze, 1920-1941 on November 02, 2020
American Merchant Ships On The Yangtze, 1920-1941
This book is a real education. A perfect rejoinder to those who think the revolution of 1776 was in any way not a liberating event of world importance. Looking at you, Gerald Horne!
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