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The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar Peter Ward Fay New edition
The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar
Peter Ward Fay
This work tells the story of the first Opium War between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the ""opening of China"".
440 pages, 6 maps, notes, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 16, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807847145 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 440 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 25 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |