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The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Arthur Waley
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 1968 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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The events of the war are recounted from the Chinese viewpoint by means of contemporary diaries and other documents
The Opium War
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: Julia Lovell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-10 - Publisher: Abrams

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This “crisp and readable account” of the nineteenth century British campaign sheds light on modern Chinese identity through “a heartbreaking story of war�
The Opium War, 1840-1842
Language: en
Pages: 439
Authors: Peter Ward Fay
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-09 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to ad
Imperial Twilight
Language: en
Pages: 609
Authors: Stephen R. Platt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: Vintage

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As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an
The Opium Wars
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: W Travis Hanes III, Ph.D.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-02-01 - Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

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A fascinating look at the other side of the Opium Wars In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839–1842 and 1856–1860 between Britain and