Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath by Gelber, H.

Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349510375)

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Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath by Gelber, H.

Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath

$54.99
Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath by Gelber, H.

Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath

$54.99
Format: Paperback
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This book questions the universal belief that England's 1840-42 war with China was an 'Opium War'. What really worried London was 'insults to the crown', the claim of a dilapidated and corrupt China to be superior to everyone, threats to British men and women and seizure of British property, plus the wish to expand and free trade everywhere. It was only much later that general Chinese resentment and Evangelical opinion at home - and in America - persuaded everyone that Britain had indeed been wicked and fought for opium.

Author: H. Gelber
ISBN-10: 1349510378
ISBN-13: 9781349510375
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d
By H. Gelber
By H. Gelber
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HARRY G. GELBER is Professor of History and Political Science and Visiting Research Fellow at the Asian Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Economy. His publications include Australia, Britain and the EEC, 1961-1963, National Power, Security and Economic Uncertainty, and Sovereignty Through Interdependence.

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