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Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System Curriculum
by Lynn Parisi: Table of Contents


Lesson 01:
Life of a Canton Merchant

Handout 01-A
Handout 01-B
Lesson 01 Mini-database (2.2 Mb)

Lesson 02:
A Tale of Two Cities: The China Trade in Canton & Hong Kong
Handout 02-A
Lesson 02 Mini-database (2.4 Mb)

Lesson 03:
Imagining China: Exploring 19th-Century American
Impressions of China through Canton Trade Artifacts

Handout 03-A
Lesson 03 Mini-database (2.4 Mb)




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