Opium War
by Julia Lovell
ISBN: 9780330457484
Published: 2012-06-01
âe~A gripping read as well as an important one.âe(tm) Rana Mitter, Guardian In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding episode of modern Chinese nationalism. Starting from this first conflict, The Opium War explores how Chinaâe(tm)s national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present, and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West. âe~Lively, erudite and meticulously researchedâe(tm) Literary Review âe~An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow.âe(tm) Sunday Times
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