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Bean, Susan S. Yankee India: American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860. Peabody Essex, dist. by Antique Collectors' Club. 2001. 288p. illus. index. LC 00-111446. ISBN 1-890206-29-6. $40. HIST
In this splendid work, Bean, curator of South Asian and Korean art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, provides insights into the experiences of New England traders who sailed the world in search of trade just after America won its independence. Initially, this trade consisted of buying goods in one Asian port and selling them at another until there was enough profit to finance a return trip to America. Then in 1833, ice …