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The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China
By Julia Lovell
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By Julia Lovell
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"A crisp and readable account... A heartbreaking story of a war." (Washington Post)
The Opium War is both the story of China’s first conflict with the West and an analysis of the country’s contemporary self-image. It explores how China’s national myths mold its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present; and how delusion and prejudice have bedeviled its relationship with the modern West.
The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucrat...
The Opium War is both the story of China’s first conflict with the West and an analysis of the country’s contemporary self-image. It explores how China’s national myths mold its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present; and how delusion and prejudice have bedeviled its relationship with the modern West.
The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucrat...