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Author Hanes, William Travis, 1954-

Title The Opium wars : the addiction of one empire and the corruption of another / W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello.

Publication Info. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2002]
©2002
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1113989~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  951.033 HAN    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-322) and index.
Contents Introduction chemical warfare -- Lord Elgin's revenge -- Disastrous etiquette -- Zero intolerance -- Canton besieged -- The black hole of Canton -- The war at home -- Drugs and guns -- Escalation -- Diplomacy by gunboat -- The economics of addiction -- Crucifixion and cages -- Steamed victory -- A price on his head -- The sacking of Amoy, Ningpo and Charles Elliot -- Chinese masada -- Early Victorian vikings -- Parliament and big -- The trade in poison and pigs -- Strange interlude -- Outrageous slings and the arrows misfortune -- Peer pressure -- Scottish conquistador -- His fathers son -- Antiquity in flames -- The diktat of Peking -- Loot and lootie.
Subject China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861.
Added Author Sanello, Frank.
ISBN 1570719314
1402201494 (pbk.)
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