01422pam a2200193   45000010005000000200029000051000026000342450076000602600030001363000092001665000049002585040051003075050472003585200217008306510045010476510042010926510045011346510049011796311  a9780330457484 (pbk.) :c1 aLovell, Julia,d1975-14aThe Opium War :bdrugs, dreams and the making of China /cJulia Lovell.  aLondon :bPicador,c2012.  axxiv, 456 p., [32] p. of plates :bill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ;c20 cm.  aOriginally published: London: Picador, 2011.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aOpium 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.grt  aDetails 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. 0aChinaxForeign relationszGreat Britain. 0aChinaxHistoryyOpium War, 1840-1842. 0aGreat BritainxForeign relationszChina. 0aGreat BritainxHistoryyVictoria, 1837-1901.