The Chinese Opium WarsHutchinson, 1975 - 352 pages An enlightening account of a notorious period in nineteenth-century imperialism, when an effort by the Chinese government to stamp out the country's profitable opium trade resulted in a series of conflicts known as the Opium Wars. Index; illustrations and map. |
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The course of events | 11 |
The Red Barbarians | 15 |
Napiers Fizzle | 40 |
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addicts Admiral Seymour Allied American Amoy armed army arrived ashore attack barbarians Baron Gros battery began boats bombardment Britain British Canton Cantonese Captain Elliot cavalry Ch'i Shan chests China Chinese Chou-shan Christian clippers coast command Commissioner Consul coolies despatch diplomatic drug dynasty East India Company Emperor fighting fire fleet force foreign forts French frigates gunboats guns Gutzlaff hand Harry Parkes Hong Kong Hong merchants Hope Grant Hung Imperial James Matheson John Bowring junks later Lin's Lintin London Lord Elgin Lord Macartney Lord Napier Lord Palmerston Macao managed Manchu mandarins miles military missionaries Montauban Nanking naval Ningpo officers once opium trade Pearl River Peking pirates Prince Seng prisoners rebels Russians Seng's sent Shanghai ships silver Sir Henry Pottinger smugglers soldiers Summer Palace Taiping Taku Taku Forts Tartar Tientsin took treaty troops Viceroy walls warships Whampoa William Jardine wrote Yangtze Yeh's