Opium Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Opium War and the History of the Qing Dynasty 9781315702339, 9781444338232

The Opium War

1839. Trade is the stalwart of the British Empire. China threatens Britain’s Opium trade. Britain and China go to war.

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The Opium War

1839. Trade is the stalwart of the British Empire. China threatens Britain’s Opium trade. Britain and China go to war.

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The Kitos War: A Captivating Guide to One of the Jewish–Roman Wars (History of Judaism)

Did you know that Lusius Quietus, for whom the Kitos War was named, was one of only a few African commanders to attain t

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The Slave Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Servile Wars and Spartacus (Military History)

Two captivating manuscripts in one book:The Servile Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Three Slave Revolts Against the Rom

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The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes 9781503620711

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Commissioner Lin and the Opium War 0393005216, 9780393005219

The Canton trade for almost a century had been the sole regulated channel between China and the Western world; as such,

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The Chinese Opium Wars [1 ed.] 9780156170949, 0156170949

An enlightening account of a notorious period in nineteenth-century imperialism, when an effort by the Chinese governmen

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Sparta: A Captivating Guide to the Spartans, Greco-Persian Wars, Battle of Thermopylae, and Peloponnesian War

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Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950 0415199182, 9780415199186

Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells u

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The History of China’s Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China, which it ruled for 268 years. After rising to power in 1644, it

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