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The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

Julia Lovell

Follow the opium trade, the wars it helped ignite, and their contested afterlife in British and Chinese memory through the choices of divided officials, merchants and reformers.

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20 parts, about 33 minutes to read.

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Author
Julia Lovell
Parts
20 parts
Reading time
about 33 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Introduction2 min
  2. Opium and China2 min
  3. Daoguang's Decision1 min
  4. Canton Spring1 min
  5. Opium and Lime2 min
  6. The First Shots2 min
  7. An Explanatory Declaration2 min
  8. Sweet Talk and Sea Slug1 min
  9. Qishan's Downfall1 min
  10. The Siege of Canton2 min
  11. The UnEnglished Englishman1 min
  12. Xiamen and Zhoushan2 min
  13. A Winter in Suzhou1 min
  14. The Fight for Qing China1 min
  15. The Treaty of Nanjing2 min
  16. Peace and War2 min
  17. The Yellow Peril2 min
  18. The National Disease2 min
  19. Communist Conspiracies2 min
  20. Conclusion2 min

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