Bibliograph

Imperial twilight, the opium war and the end of China's last golden age, Stephen R. Platt

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Label

Imperial twilight, the opium war and the end of China's last golden age, Stephen R. Platt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Imperial twilight

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

991536004

Responsibility statement

Stephen R. Platt

Sub title

the opium war and the end of China's last golden age

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

pt. I. Gracious spring. A time of 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 -- The last honest man -- pt. III. Blood-ravenous autumn. Showdown -- Will and destiny -- Aftermath -- Houqua and Forbes

Target audience

adult

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