Imperial twilight, the opium war and the end of China's last golden age, Stephen R. Platt
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Imperial twilight, the opium war and the end of China's last golden age, Stephen R. Platt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index
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mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Imperial twilight
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
991536004
Responsibility statement
Stephen R. Platt
Sub title
the opium war and the end of China's last golden age
Summary
Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century
Table Of Contents
pt. I. Gracious spring. A time of wonder -- Black wind -- The edge of the world -- Sea and land -- Points of entry -- Hidden shoals -- pt. II. The milk of paradise. Boom times -- Fire and smoke -- Freedom -- A darkening turn -- Means of solution -- The last honest man -- pt. III. Blood-ravenous autumn. Showdown -- Will and destiny -- Aftermath -- Houqua and Forbes
Target audience
adult
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Genre
Subject
- Chine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- China
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
- China -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- China -- History -- 19th century
- Qingdynastie
- Chine -- Histoire -- 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
- Westmächte
- Großbritannien
- Nonfiction
- Chine -- Relations extérieures -- 19e siècle
- Opiumkrieg
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- Chine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- China
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
- China -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- China -- History -- 19th century
- Qingdynastie
- Chine -- Histoire -- 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
- Westmächte
- Großbritannien
- Nonfiction
- Chine -- Relations extérieures -- 19e siècle
- Opiumkrieg
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