Description: Product Description : The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China In October 1839 a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China Bureaucratic fumbling military missteps and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed Rich in tragicomedy The Opium War explores the disastrous British foreignrelations move that became a founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism and depicts Chinas heroic struggle against Western conspiracy Julia Lovell examines the causes and consequences of the Opium War interweaving tales of the opium pushers and dissidents More importantly she analyses how the Opium Wars shaped Chinas selfimage and created an enduring model for its interactions with the West plagued by delusion and prejudice( it is an used product )
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Brand: Abrams Books
UPC: 9781468311730
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Country of Origin: USA United States
Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1
Dimensions LxWxH - Cms: 6X1.25X9
ISBN-10: 1468311735
ISBN-13: 9781468311730
SKU: SONG1468311735
Edition: 1
No. of Pages: 512
Type: Books
Book Title: Opium War : Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Asia / General, Asia / China
Genre: History
Item Weight: 23.4 Oz
Author: Julia Lovell
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
