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The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates A (The Norton library)
The Opium War 18401842 Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates A - The Norton library
Author: Peter Ward Fay
This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393008234
ISBN-10: 0393008231
Pages: 406
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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (Np)
Book Type: Paperback
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