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Author Lovell, Julia, 1975-

Title The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China / Julia Lovell.

Publication Info. New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2014.
©2011

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  951 LOVELL    DUE 04-29-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  951.033 LO    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 456 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-441) and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Subject Opium War (China : 1840-1842) (OCoLC)fst01353914
Chronological Term 1837 - 1901
Subject China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781468308952 (hardcover)
1468308955 (hardcover)
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