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Author : Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Narrative of the War with China in 1860 written by Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Simner
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Lion and the Dragon written by Mark Simner and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 513 pages. 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.
Author : J. Y. Wong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521526197
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Deadly Dreams written by J. Y. Wong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-07 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wong argues that the opium trade played a large causative role in the Anglo-Chinese Arrow War.
Author : Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1st visct.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)
Download or read book Narrative of the war with China in 1860 written by Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1st visct.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Allgood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book China War, 1860 written by George Allgood and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. Bonner-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780830500161
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Second China War, 1856-1860 written by D. Bonner-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen R. Platt
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307961745
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Imperial Twilight written by Stephen R. Platt and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
Author : Julia Lovell
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468313231
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Opium War written by Julia Lovell and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “crisp and readable account” of the nineteenth century British campaign sheds light on modern Chinese identity through “a heartbreaking story of war” (The Wall Street Journal). In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting voted to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed. Rich in tragicomedy, The Opium War explores the disastrous British foreign-relations move that became a founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism, and depicts China’s heroic struggle against Western conspiracy. Julia Lovell examines the causes and consequences of the Opium War, interweaving tales of the opium pushers and dissidents. More importantly, she analyses how the Opium Wars shaped China’s self-image and created an enduring model for its interactions with the West, plagued by delusion and prejudice.
Author : Harry Gelber
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319305840
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)
Download or read book Battle for Beijing, 1858–1860 written by Harry Gelber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘battle for Beijing’ is universally – and quite wrongly – believed to have been about opium. This book argues that it was about freedom to trade, Britain’s demands for diplomatic equality, and French demands for religious freedom in China. Both countries agreed that their armies, which repeatedly prevailed over Chinese ones that were numerically superior, would stay out of Beijing itself, but were infuriated by China’s imprisonment, torture and death of British, French and Indian negotiators. At the same time, the British and French also helped the empire to battle rebels and to pocket port and harbour dues. They steered carefully between their political and trading demands, and navigated the danger that undue stress would make China’s fragile government and empire fall apart. If it did, there would be no one to make any kind of agreement with; much of East Asia would be in chaos and Russian power would soon expand. Battle for Beijing, 1858–1860 offers fresh insights into the reasons behind the actions and strategies of British authorities, both at home and in China, and the British and French military commanders. It goes against the widely accepted views surrounding the Franco-British conflict, proposing a bold new argument and perspective.
Author : Jack Beeching
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780156170949
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chinese Opium Wars written by Jack Beeching and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening account of a notorious period in nineteenth-century imperialism, when an effort by the Chinese government to stamp out the country's profitable opium trade resulted in a series of conflicts known as the Opium Wars. Index; illustrations and map.
