The Opium War : (Record no. 5325)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 01449pam a2200205 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 6311 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780330457484 (pbk.) : |
| Terms of availability | |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lovell, Julia, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1975- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Opium War : |
| Remainder of title | drugs, dreams and the making of China / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Julia Lovell. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Picador, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 456 p., [32] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published: London: Picador, 2011. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Opium and China -- Daoguang's decision -- Canton spring -- Opium and lime -- The first shots -- "An explanatory declaration" -- Sweet-talk and sea-slug -- Qishan's downfall -- The siege of Canton -- The unEnglished Englishman -- Xiamen and Zhoushan -- A winter in Suzhou -- The fight for Qing China -- The Treaty of Nanjing -- Peace and war -- The Yellow Peril -- The national disease -- Communist conspiracies -- Conclusion -- Principal characters -- Timeline. |
| Miscellaneous information | |
| Statement of responsibility | |
| Title | |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Details the 1839 Opium War and the red tape, incompetence, and political cronyism that surrounded China's first conflict with the West and how these events fueled the foundation for modern Chinese nationalism. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain. |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Opium War, 1840-1842. |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Victoria, 1837-1901. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Inventory number | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Main TEST | RTC Library | RTC Library | Main opac | 27/11/2018 | 10051 | 1 | 2 | 951 LOV | 30010295 | 14/03/2024 | 12/10/2023 | 27/11/2018 | Main |