{"product_id":"gifts-from-the-celestial-kingdom-9780804746915","title":"Gifts from the Celestial Kingdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1850 a sailing vessel was wrecked on the California coast with a rich cargo of Chinese goods bound for the Gold Rush. This book uses the fate of the vessel for a dual purpose: to tell the story of the beginnings of direct commerce between China and California and to explore the potential of contextual archaeology by tracing the cargo back to its origins in China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fascinating study is an important contribution to the history and archaeology of the Gold Rush, and Layton's treatment of the material is refreshing and original. He has structured his book like a detective story, uncovering vital pieces of information like pieces of a puzzle. Best of all, it's a good read.\" -- Adrian Praetzellis * Sonoma State University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Though strictly informative in style, the enthusiasm that imbues every well-written page makes it as readable as a novel.\" -- Joan Druett * \u003ci\u003eSea History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Layton tells this story extremely well . . . .[Readers] will find themselves drawn into the many worlds Layton so admirably describes. His excellent book is an important reminder that, even though too many people still tend to think of pre-US California as an isolated backwater, it was an integral part of the developing international economy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Mission Studies Association Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGifts from the Celestial Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorougly researched, well-grounded and most enjoyable study of an important wreck and its cargo.\" \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Maritime History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a highly readable reminder that the history of the California coast is a prism with many facets.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Coast and Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Initiated as a study of the cargo of a China trade vessel carrying goods to Gold Rush California, this fast-paced personal account links past and present through both the discoveries of the maritime world by the author and the last voyage of the \u003ci\u003eFrolic\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a fine investigative study and a pleasure to read.\"\u003ci\u003eThe Northern Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1   The Archaeologist  CHAPTER 2   Alta California, Repuiblica Mexicana, I844  CHAPTER 3   The Eveline: Canton, China, 1849  CHAPTER 4   The Frolic: Canton, China, I850  CHAPTER 5   Point Cabrillo, California, I850  CHAPTER 6   The Wreck Divers  CHAPTER 7   The Cargo  Epilogue","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405554032983,"sku":"9780804746915","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804746915.jpg?v=1730492811","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gifts-from-the-celestial-kingdom-9780804746915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}