AMERICA’S FIRST ADVENTURE IN CHINA: TRADE, TREATIES, OPIUM, AND SALVATION
Book ID/图书代码： 12689012B59146
English Summary/英文概要： In 1784, when Americans first voyaged to China, they confronted Chinese authorities who were unaware that the United States even existed. Nevertheless, a long, complicated, and fruitful trade relationship was born after American traders, missionaries, diplomats, and others sailed to China with lofty ambitions: to acquire fabulous wealth, convert China to Christianity, and even command a Chinese army.
In America’s First Adventure in China, John Haddad provides a colorful history of the evolving cultural exchange and interactions between these countries. He recounts how American expatriates adopted a pragmatic attitude—as well as an entrepreneurial spirit and improvisational approach—to their dealings with the Chinese. Haddad shows how opium
played a potent role in the dreams of Americans who either smuggled it or opposed its importation, and he considers the missionary movement that compelled individuals to accept a hard life in an alien culture.
As a result of their efforts, Americans achieved a favorable outcome—they established a unique presence in China—and cultivated a relationship whose complexities continue to grow.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1784年，当美国人第一次远航到中国，他们面对着的中国官员们还不知道美国甚至存在。然而，在美国商人、传教士、外交官和其他一些人怀着远大抱负来到中国后，一段长期、复杂却又富有成果的贸易关系生成了，他们需要获得巨额的财富、向中国传授基督教，甚至指挥中国军队。
《美国在中国的最初冒险》这本书中，John Haddad展现了两国间的文化交流与互动的多彩历史。他讲述了在与中国人打交道的过程中，美国人是如何采用务实的态度和企业家精神和即兴的方法。Haddad展示了鸦片在美国人的梦想里扮演着怎样的重要作用，这些美国人都是偷偷走私鸦片，或者反对鸦片进口。他觉得宣教运动是强迫人们在异国文化中接受着艰苦的生活的原因。
美国人努力的结果是他们取得了可喜的成果，即在中国建立特别的业务形象，培育了一段复杂性持续增长的关系。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“JohnHaddad写的这本微妙而活泼的书，将美国在中国的最初冒险当作探索作为独立国家的美国早期的一种方式。这本书是关于金钱的魔力和独创性的方式，美国商界显贵们对新兴的亚洲市场风云变幻的承诺和失望。这也是本关于宗教、外交、金融系统、军火制造、家庭压力、造船业和鸦片的书。这是值得咀嚼的故事，有许多的当代回想。”-----JonathanSpence，《当代中国探索》的作者“《美国在中国的最初冒险》写的很好、简洁而优美。Haddad给出了美国在中国的业务的独特方式，给出了令人信服的案例。他介绍了美国人的事不关己，缺少了本土、军事或者其他机构的支持。他们在拥有最多限制途径的世界里的无知氛围中的经验很重要，他解释了为何美国经验与英国模式有差异，而不是紧紧模仿英国模式。”-----PeterBuck，哈佛大学科学历史的高级讲师（退休）。
"John Haddad has written a subtle and spirited book, which takes America’s first experiences in China as a means to explore the early years of the United States as an independent nation. This is a book about the magic of money and the ingenious ways that American business grandees reacted to the ever-shifting promises and disappointments of an emerging Asian market. It is also a book about religion, diplomacy, financial systems, arms manufacture, families under stress, ship-building, and opium. It is an absorbing tale, with many contemporary echoes." —Jonathan Spence, author of The Search for Modern China
"America’s First Adventure in China is a well written, succinct, and elegant book. Haddad brings a fresh approach to—and makes a convincing case for his characterization of—the American presence in China. He describes how the Americans were isolated individuals acting pretty much on their own and with nothing in the way of state, military, or other institutional support. Their experience—operating in a fog of ignorance about a world to which they had only the most limited access—is significant, and he explains why the American experience diverged from rather than followed on the British model."
—Peter Buck, Senior Lecturer (retired) on the History of Science, Harvard University
About the Author/作者介绍： JohnR.Haddad是宾州哈里斯堡市的美国研究和流行文化副教授。他于2002年授予古腾堡奖，因为他的论文《中国的浪漫：1776年-1876年美国文化流传到中国》的发表。2010年时，他被授予福尔布莱特学者头衔，在香港大学任职以及做研究。John R. Haddad is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Popular Culture at Penn State Harrisburg. He was awarded the Gutenberg-e Prize in 2002 for his dissertation, which was published as The Romance of China:
Excursions to China in U.S. Culture, 1776-1876. In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and research at the University of Hong Kong.
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