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Author : Yangwen Zheng
Release : 2005-09-08
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Social Life of Opium in China by : Yangwen Zheng
Download or read book The Social Life of Opium in China written by Yangwen Zheng. This book was released on 2005-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Yang-Wen Zheng
Release : 2001
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Book Synopsis The Social Life of Opium in Qing China by : Yang-Wen Zheng
Download or read book The Social Life of Opium in Qing China written by Yang-Wen Zheng. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yangwen Zheng
Release : 2005
Genre : Opium abuse
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Book Rating : 669/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Social Life of Opium in China by : Yangwen Zheng
Download or read book The Social Life of Opium in China written by Yangwen Zheng. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Dikötter
Release : 2004
Genre : China
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Book Synopsis Narcotic Culture by : Frank Dikötter
Download or read book Narcotic Culture written by Frank Dikötter. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China was turned into a nation of opium addicts by the pernicious forces of imperialist trade. This study systematically questions this assertion on the basis of abundant archives from China, Europe and the US, showing that opium had few harmful effects on either health or longevity.
Author : Mark Simner
Release : 2019-06-29
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Lion and the Dragon by : Mark Simner
Download or read book The Lion and the Dragon written by Mark Simner. This book was released on 2019-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade--due to the serious social and economic problems it caused--the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict soon ensued. The first conflict, known as the First Anglo-Chinese War or Opium War (1839-42), ended in British victory and the Treaty of Nanking. However, this treaty was heavily biased in favour of the British, and it would not be long before there was a renewal of hostilities, taking the form of what became known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War (1857-60). Again, the second conflict would end with an 'unequal treaty' that was heavily biased towards the victor. The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China, 1839-1860 examines the causes and ensuing military history of these tragic conflicts, as well as their bitter legacies.
