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Imperial twilight : the opium war and the end of China's last golden age / Stephen R. Platt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Platt, Stephen R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
- China.
- History.
- China--History--19th century.
- China--Foreign relations--19th century.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Summary:
- Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Part I Gracious Spring
- Chapter 1 A Time of Wonder p. 17
- Chapter 2 Black Wind p. 49
- Chapter 3 The Edge of the World p. 71
- Chapter 4 Sea and Land p. 101
- Chapter 5 Points of Entry p. 126
- Chapter 6 Hidden Shoals p. 156
- Part II The Milk of Paradise
- Chapter 7 Boom Times p. 187
- Chapter 8 Fire and Smoke p. 217
- Chapter 9 Freedom p. 245
- Chapter 10 A Darkening Turn p. 272
- Chapter 11 Means of Solution p. 302
- Chapter 12 The Last Honest Man p. 330
- Part III Blood-Ravenous Autumn
- Chapter 13 Showdown p. 357
- Chapter 14 Will and Destiny p. 390.
- Notes:
- "A Borzoi book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780307961730
- 0307961737
- 9780345803023
- 0345803027
- OCLC:
- 991536004
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