10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPIUM WAR»
Discover the use of
opium war in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
opium war and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire ...
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 add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and ...
2
The
Opium War Through Chinese Eyes
First published in 1958 this volume translates and places in historical context a number of private documents, which explain what the Opium War felt like on the Chinese side.
The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley, 2013
3
The
Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding episode of modern Chinese nationalism.
Linking political intrigue, scholarly debates, and foreign affairs, local notables in Canton and literati lobbyists in Perking this book sets the Opium War for the first times in its "inner," domestic political context.
A Communist Chinese view of the Opium War of 1840-42, between Britain and China, compiled in 1976 by members of the history departments of Futan University and Shanghai Teachers' University.
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Dope, Inc: Britain's
Opium War Against the World
It's much less well-known that the Opium Wars never really ended. The United States, like China, was too great for the London money lords to occupy directly. One way America is being brought to heel is by the drug trade.
Executive Intelligence Review (Firm), 2010
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Deadly Dreams:
Opium and the Arrow
War (1856-1860) in China
Wong argues that the opium trade played a large causative role in the Anglo-Chinese Arrow War.
J. Y. Wong, Denis Twitchett, 2002
'The Opium War' is both the story of modern China - starting from this first conflict with the West - and an analysis of the country's contemporary self-image.
9
Modernization and Revolution in China: From the
Opium Wars ...
As China continues to develop as a political and economic superpower, this book will help students understand how the nation reached new heights from the depths in which it found itself during the nineteenth century.
June M. Grasso, Jay P. Corrin, Michael Kort, 2004
10
The Chinese Opium Wars
An account of the demoralizing introduction of opium addiction in nineteenth-century China by British and American traders, its impact on Chinese society and life, and the resulting series of Opium Wars
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPIUM WAR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
opium war is used in the context of the following news items.
China's historic quest for a peaceful rise
The British ship HMS Nemesis destroying junks off the Chinese coast during the Opium War. In looking back over the past 500 years, it is clear ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
Dynasty of Chinese architects celebrated in new Beijing play
She tells of the looting and burning of the Old Summer Palace by a joint Anglo-French force in Oct 1860, during the Second Opium War. «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
New Luce's soldier fought in the Opium Wars
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was ... «The Galloway Gazette, Jul 15»
The New 'Great Game' in Central Asia
... this game because they were preoccupied with bigger stakes in Afghanistan and the opium war in China. Tsarist Russia used the opportunity ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Lamplighters: Keeping a Spotlight on Gilbert and Sullivan
... say, setting the farcical shipboard romance in the midst of the First Opium War, or the Suez Crisis. But that's not Lamplighters' style. Under the ... «Paradise Post, Jul 15»
In Mexico, violence chokes both local business and Coke, Pepsi
It's like the Opium War here.” In one particularly violent period in May, 14 people were killed in 72 hours in Iguala, including a pregnant woman. «Fortune, Jul 15»
Analysis: Long live foreign aid – whether we like it or not
Searching for historical parallels, the first Opium War springs to mind. This was surely one of the most shameful moments in Britain's colonial ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
Local heroin epidemic has ties to Afghan war
... to do with it other than to deflect the scourge from the source – the U.S. presence in Afghanistan – the third opium war; it's why we're there. «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
Inside China: Stock market crash blamed on U.S. conspiracy
“The history of the aggression against China by U.S. imperialism from 1840 when it helped the British in the Opium War to the time it was ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
Alfred Sant remains skeptical over 'success' of Greek agreement
“The agreement with Greece should not be compared to Versailles but to the settlement of the Second Opium War between the European ... «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
