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100	1		_aLovell, Julia, _d1975-
245	1	4	_aThe Opium War : _bdrugs, dreams and the making of China / _cJulia Lovell.
260			_aLondon : _bPicador, _c2012.
300			_axxiv, 456 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; _c20 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London: Picador, 2011.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_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. _g _r _t
520			_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.
651		0	_aChina _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yOpium War, 1840-1842.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zChina.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _yVictoria, 1837-1901.
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