Imperial twilight

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The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
A Financial Times Book of the Year
A Sunday Times Book of the Year
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'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' Peter Frankopan, Spectator
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In 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shaped the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.

Imperial Twilight is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history.

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Opium War

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Lively erudite and meticulously researched literary review a gripping read as well as an important one rana mitter guardian in october 1839 britain entered the first opium war with china its brutality notwithstanding the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy with victorian hypocr Uiterlijk 5 december in huis .. MEER INFO

Scramble For China

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In the early nineteenth century china remained almost untouched by british and european powers but as new technology started to change this balance foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening qing empire this book explains the roots of china s complex relationship with the west in the Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

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Stephen r platt s autumn in the heavenly kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the taiping rebellion the bloodiest civil war in history in the early 1850s during the twilight of the qing dynasty word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces the leader of this movement Uiterlijk 5 december in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 juni 2019

Aantal pagina's: 560

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Stephen R. Platt

Hoofduitgeverij: Atlantic Books

Editie: Main

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 26 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 126 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 47 mm

Verpakking lengte: 199 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 981 g

EAN: 9781786494870

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