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The war ended on 17 august 1842, with the treaty of nanking enabling the british to carry on their mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please. Find highquality first opium war stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. The opium war ebook by julia lovell 97814683239 rakuten. Opium war game online opium war game chineses opium. The bombardment of guangzhou during the first opium war in 1840. Theywerenowruiningthebodiesandthe fortunesofthechinesewiththeirabominablepoison. The treaty committed the chinese to free trade, including the trade in opium. Download read the opium war 2011 by julia lovell in. Read the opium war drugs, dreams, and the making of modern china by julia lovell available from rakuten kobo. The opium war and the end of chinas last golden age platt, stephen r. The opium war and the end of chinas last golden age.

Hong kong was ceded to britain, and the treaty ports of guangzhou, amoy, foochow, shanghai and ningpo were. The history of the two opium wars between britain and china. Chingshih wentivolume 3, supplement 1, 1977 project muse. Realitys dark dream traverses the globe and the centuries, exploring opium s role in colonialism, the chinese opium wars, laudanuminspired sublime romantic poetry, american yellow peril fears, the rise of the mafia and the black market, 1960s counterculture, and more. The opium war through chinese eyes pdf for free, preface. Chinese history after the opium war including the death of consort zhen. More importantly, she analyses how the opium wars shaped chinas selfimage and created an enduring model for its interactions with the west, plagued by delusion and prejudice. The british did this in the name of free trade and without regard to the consequences for the chinese government and chinese people. Download now creating the opium war examines british imperial attitudes towards china during their early encounters from the macartney embassy to the outbreak of the opium war a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between china and the west in the next century. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. The victory of the free traders resulting in the abolition of the east india company s china trade monopoly, the argument runs, buried the.

How britain went to war with china over opium the new york. Dormandy also recounts exotic or sad stories of individual. This opium war game is based around the trade the british made buying up opium from india, transporting it to china, then using the monies made to buy up much wanted goods such as silk to take back to britain. Julia lovell examines the causes and consequences of the opium war, interweaving tales of the opium pushers and dissidents.

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