Augustine Heard and Company, 1858–1862: American Merchants in China ISBN: 9781684171682 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Harvard University Asia Center Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: History ; Business ; Political Science;
A history of Augustine Heard and Company between 1858 and 1862 and more generally of the American penetration of Chinese markets on the eve of the opening of the Yangtze River to foreign trade.