2017, ISBN: 9888390562

[EAN: 9789888390564], Neubuch, [PU: Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong], Language: English. Brand new Book. Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major … Mehr…

[EAN: 9789888390564], Neubuch, [PU: Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong], Language: English. Brand new Book. Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between ?progressive? Britain and ?backward? China. Instead, it argues that the war was started by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the ?Warlike party? Living in a period when British knowledge of China was growing rapidly, the Warlike party came to understand China?s weakness and its members returned to London to lobby for intervention until war broke out in 1839. However, the Warlike party did not get its way entirely. Another group of British merchants known in Canton as the ?Pacific party? opposed the war. In Britain, the anti-war movement gave the conflict its infamous name, the ?Opium War?, which has stuck ever since. Using materials housed in the National Archives, UK, the First Historical Archives of China, the National Palace Museum, the British Library, SOAS Library, and Cambridge University Library, this meticulously researched and lucid volume is a new history of the cause of the First Opium War., Books<

ISBN: 9789888390564

Hardback, [PU: Hong Kong University Press], Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smugg… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Hong Kong University Press], Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between 'progressive' Britain and 'backward' China. Instead, it argues that the war was started by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the 'Warlike party'. Living in a period when British knowledge of China was growing rapidly, the Warlike party came to understand China's weakness and its members returned to London to lobby for intervention until war broke out in 1839. However, the Warlike party did not get its way entirely. Another group of British merchants known in Canton as the 'Pacific party' opposed the war. In Britain, the anti-war movement gave the conflict its infamous name, the 'Opium War', which has stuck ever since. Using materials housed in the National Archives, UK, the First Historical Archives of China, the National Palace Museum, the British Library, SOAS Library, and Cambridge University Library, this meticulously researched and lucid volume is a new history of the cause of the First Opium War., Asian History<

ISBN: 9789888390564

Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national … Mehr…

Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between ''progressive'' Britain and ''backward'' China. Instead, it argues that the war was started by a group of British merchants in the Chinese port of Canton in the 1830s, known as the ''Warlike party''. Living in a period when British knowledge of China was growing rapidly, the Warlike party came to understand China''s weakness and its members returned to London to lobby for intervention until war broke out in 1839. However, the Warlike party did not get its way entirely. Another group of British merchants known in Canton as the ''Pacific party'' opposed the war. In Britain, the anti-war movement gave the conflict its infamous name, the ''Opium War'', which has stuck ever since. Using materials housed in the National Archives, UK, the First Historical Archives of China, the National Palace Museum, the British Library, SOAS Library, and Cambridge University Library, this meticulously researched and lucid volume is a new history of the cause of the First Opium War. Books > History > Asian > China List_Books<

ISBN: 9789888390564

Hardback, [PU: Hong Kong University Press], Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smugg… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Hong Kong University Press], Merchants of War and Peace challenges conventional arguments that the major driving forces of the First Opium War were the infamous opium smuggling trade, the defence of British national honour, and cultural conflicts between 'progressive' Britain and 'backward' China. Instead, it argues that the war was started by a group of British merchants in t, Asian History<