Descript |
xxiv, 456 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) |
Note |
Originally published: London: Picador, 2011. |
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. |
ISBN |
9780330457484 (pbk.) |
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0330457489 (pbk.) |
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