{"product_id":"opium-soldiers-and-evangelicals-h-gelber-9781349510375","title":"Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals: England's 1840-42 War with China and Its Aftermath","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Gelber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1349510378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349510375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"H. Gelber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123077574911,"sku":"9781349510375","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f48d573-959c-4429-9861-19cb05e90223.jpg?v=1687428791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/opium-soldiers-and-evangelicals-h-gelber-9781349510375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}