Imperial twilight the opium war and the end of China's last golden age
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.
| Main Author: | Platt, Stephen R. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Gracious spring. A time to 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.