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Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and...
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by J. Y. Wong
Sales Rank: 1206498
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$120.00
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 572 pages
Published by: Cambridge University Press June 28, 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0521552559
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521552554
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Review
"..this is an great account of the politics of imperialism in Britain." Choice
"It is difficult to do justice to a book as well-informed, provocative and rewarding as John Wong's Deadly Dream. No student of nineteenth-century history can afford to ignore this book." Andrew Lambert, The Northern Mariner
"From years of patient inquiry and research in the archives and other print sources of half a dozen countries besides China, buttressed by bibliographical material of staggering extent, Wong has constructed an edifice that no one interested in Western relations with China between 1840 and 1860 can afford to bypass." Peter Ward Fay, American Historical Review
"This is an important book: it is essential reading for scholars interested in the roots of British imperialism, Anglo-Chinese relations, and the origins of world wars." The International History Review
"Everyone who wants to understand the connection between internal politics, diplomacy, strategy and economics should read this book." Military Review
"Wong's book is a many-faceted meditation on imperialismWong has laid many questions to rest with this volume, and has indeed, peeled the onion, layer by layer, to reveal a number of salient, if unpalatable facts about British action and policies in China in the mid-nineteenth centuryWong's book has without a doubt, now become the standard work on the Arrow was and will certainly become mandatory reading for students of Chinese and British imperial history." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Product Description
Many have accepted that the Arrow War (1856-60) was caused by an insult to the British flag belonging to the pirate boat Arrow. Dr. Wong argues that Britain's reliance on the opium trade with China played a far greater role in pushing the diplomatic conflict into war. The war was not a simple diplomatic squabble: it involved vital economic interests in British India, which had to be protected at all costs. Dr. Wong offers penetrating insights into theories of imperialism and how they might be reassessed.
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This review is from: Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) (Paperback)
Excellent book on the Arrow War and its economic ramifications on the British opium trade that the war tried to protect. Extensive notes and bibliography. One of the best books on Western imperialism in 19th-century Asia.
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