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.

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China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
China--History--19th century.
China--Foreign relations--19th century.

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