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

By: Publication details: [London] : Picador, 2011.Description: xxii, 458, [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780330457477
  • 0330457470
  • 9780330537858
  • 0330537857
Other title:
  • At head of title: Ya pian zhan zheng
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.033 22
LOC classification:
  • DS757.5 .L58 2011
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-443) 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 --
Conclusion.