Chinese Bondage in Peru: A History of the Chinese Coolie in Peru, 1849-1874
by Stewart, Watt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 083712977X
- ISBN 13
- 9780837129778
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1970. Sympathetic study of the plight of Chinese immigrants to Peru, despised by most Peruvians and ignored by their indifferent Emperor; yet still replete with the racism typical of the era in which it was written. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Reprint of the 1951 edition. Book shows light wear, base of spine bumped, ink name & a few marginal pen strokes; endsheets tanned at the gutters. X, [2], 247 pages; index, bibliography. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0024
- Title
- Chinese Bondage in Peru: A History of the Chinese Coolie in Peru, 1849-1874
- Author
- Stewart, Watt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 083712977X
- ISBN 13
- 9780837129778
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication
- Westport, CT
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Immigration, Chinese History, Racism, South America, Politics, Dip[lomacy, International Relations, Economics, Labor Shortage
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.