Description: Further DetailsTitle: Commissioner Lin and the Opium WarCondition: NewISBN-10: 0393005216EAN: 9780393005219ISBN: 9780393005219Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/17/1970Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 127mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 367gBook Series: Norton Library (Paperback)Genre: HistoryTopic: Military History, BiographyDescription: The Canton trade for almost a century had been the sole regulated channel between China and the Western world; as such, it had become the focus of many conflicts. Mr. Chang examines the development of this trading system and the British trade in China--a trade so valuable to the British that it was worth a war. He shows us the motives and tactics behind events in the crucial days of 1839, through Chinese and English eye-witness accounts, newspaper reports, official correspondence, private papers, British and American company records, and many newly available documents. He throws light on factors contributing to the conflict, such as the controversy over extra-territoriality, Britain's struggle for diplomatic equality in China, life in the foreign community confined at Canton, and the surrender and destruction of some 20,000 chests of British opium. Mr. Chang is especially interested in assessing the role of Imperial Commissioner Lin Tse-hsu, giving a clear, fresh look into the character, motives, and actions of this brilliant man who was sent by the emperor to stamp out the opium trade, and then callously made a scapegoat for all of China's woes with Britain.Author: Hsin-pao ChangRelease Year: 1970 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Commissioner Lin and the Opium War
Title: Commissioner Lin and the Opium War
ISBN-10: 0393005216
EAN: 9780393005219
ISBN: 9780393005219
Release Date: 01/17/1970
Release Year: 1970
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Norton Library (Paperback)
Book Title: Commissioner Lin and the Opium War
Number of Pages: 340 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 1970
Topic: Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Asia / China, Military
Features: Reprint
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 13.1 Oz
Author: Hsin-Pao Chang
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
