Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Lovell, Julia, 1975- Title: The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China / Julia Lovell. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2014. ©2011 Description: xxiv, 456 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm Summary: Details the 1839 Opium War and the red tape, incompetence, and political cronyism that surrounded China's first conflict with the West and how these events fueled the foundation for modern Chinese nationalism. Subjects: China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842. Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-441) and index. Contents: Opium and China -- Daoguang's decision -- Canton spring -- Opium and lime -- The first shots -- explanatory declaration" -- Sweet-talk and sea-slug -- Qishan's downfall -- The siege of Canton -- The unEnglished Englishman -- Xiamen and Zhoushan -- A winter in Suzhou -- The fight for Qing China -- The Treaty of Nanjing -- Peace and war -- The Yellow Peril -- The national disease -- Communist conspiracies -- LCCN: 2014023356 ISBN: 9781468308952 1468308955 9781468308952 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1468308955 (hbk. : alk. paper) Other Number: 881560457 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 654317 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 951.033 Lovell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
