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Lovell, Julia, 1975- author.
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China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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The Opium War : drug...
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The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China / Julia Lovell.
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Lovell, Julia, 1975- author.
New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2015.
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China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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9781468311730 (paperback)
1468311735 (paperback)
Description:
xxiv, 456 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
Opium and China -- Daoguang's decision -- Canton spring -- Opium and lime -- The first shots -- "An explanatory declaration" -- Sweet-talk and sea-slug -- Qishan's downfall -- The siege of Canton -- The unEnglished Englishman -- Xiamen and Zhoushan -- A winter in Suzhou -- The fight for Qing China -- The Treaty of Nanjing -- Peace and war -- The Yellow Peril -- The national disease -- Communist conspiracies -- Conclusion -- Principal characters -- Timeline.
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Details the 1839 Opium War and the red tape, incompetence, and political cronyism that surrounded China's first conflict with the West and how these events fueled the foundation for modern Chinese nationalism.
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