Commissioner Lin and the Opium War

ISBN-13: 9780393005219 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 340 str.

Hsin-Pao Chang

Opis

An ominous sense of inevitability hovered over Canton in the last days of 1839; war between the Chinese and the British was expected, for both sides had long felt the tensions arising from increased contact between an ever-expanding commercial system and a stagnant culture. The Opium War of 1840-1842 inaugurated China's modern century of humiliation. This book places it in historical perspective and also details the day-to-day crises that led up to the hostilities.