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The Opium War

- Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
Af: Julia Lovell Engelsk Paperback

The Opium War

- Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
Af: Julia Lovell Engelsk Paperback
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‘A gripping read as well as an important one.’ 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 China’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.

‘Lively, erudite and meticulously researched’ Literary Review

‘An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow.’ Sunday Times

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‘A gripping read as well as an important one.’ 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 China’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.

‘Lively, erudite and meticulously researched’ Literary Review

‘An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow.’ Sunday Times

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 512
ISBN-13: 9780330457484
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0330457489
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 10 maj 2012
Længde: 33mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 10 maj 2012
Forfatter(e): Julia Lovell
Forfatter(e) Julia Lovell


Kategori China


ISBN-13 9780330457484


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 512


Udgave


Længde 33mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 10 maj 2012


Oplagsdato 10 maj 2012


Forlag Pan Macmillan