Imperial twilight : the opium war and the end of China's last golden age /
Platt, Stephen R.,
Imperial twilight : the opium war and the end of China's last golden age / Stephen R. Platt. - First edition. - xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
"A Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780307961730 0307961737 9780345803023 0345803027
2017028172
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
China--History--19th century.
China--Foreign relations--19th century.
Imperial twilight : the opium war and the end of China's last golden age / Stephen R. Platt. - First edition. - xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
"A Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780307961730 0307961737 9780345803023 0345803027
2017028172
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
China--History--19th century.
China--Foreign relations--19th century.