text Imperial twilight : the Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Summary
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Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Gracious spring. A time to wonder -- Black wind -- The edge of the world -- Sea and land -- Points of entry -- Hidden shoals -- pt. II. The milk of paradise. Boom times -- Fire and smoke -- Freedom -- A darkening turn -- Means of solution -... Read more
- Format
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- Description
- xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf 2018
Library | Location | Status |
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Woodmere (Main Branch) | 951 PLA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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TADL-WOOD | 951 PLA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |