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Author Lovell, Julia, 1975-
Title The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China / Julia Lovell.
Parallel Title Opium War
Publication Info London : Picador, 2012.


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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.)
0330457489 (pbk.)
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Author Lovell, Julia, 1975-
Subject China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.
Parallel Title Opium War
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.)
0330457489 (pbk.)
Author Lovell, Julia, 1975-
Subject China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.
Parallel Title Opium War
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  DS 757.5 L8  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.
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.)
0330457489 (pbk.)
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