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Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals
Harry G. Gelber
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Description for Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
This book questions the universal belief that England's 1840-42 war with China was an 'Opium War'. What really worried London was 'insults to the crown', the claim of a dilapidated and corrupt China to be superior to everyone, threats to British men and women and seizure of British property, plus the wish to expand and free trade everywhere. It was only much later that general Chinese resentment and Evangelical opinion at home - and in America - persuaded everyone that Britain had indeed been wicked and fought for opium.
This book questions the universal belief that England's 1840-42 war with China was an 'Opium War'. What really worried London was 'insults to the crown', the claim of a dilapidated and corrupt China to be superior to everyone, threats to British men and women and seizure of British property, plus the wish to expand and free trade everywhere. It was only much later that general Chinese resentment and Evangelical opinion at home - and in America - persuaded everyone that Britain had indeed been wicked and fought for opium.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349510375
SKU
V9781349510375
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99-15
About Harry G. Gelber
HARRY G. GELBER is Professor of History and Political Science and Visiting Research Fellow at the Asian Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Economy. His publications include Australia, Britain and the EEC, 1961-1963, National Power, Security and Economic Uncertainty, and Sovereignty Through Interdependence.
Reviews for Opium, Soldiers and Evangelicals
'...timely, intelligent, unprejudiced and readable...this is a work of intellectual as much as diplomatic history and readers will enjoy seeing old orthodoxies subverted and ingrained prejudices dissipated by Dr Gelber's persuasive insinuation of reason.' - Professor S.A.M. Adshead, University of Canterbury, New Zealand '...a well written, sharp-eyed and thoughtful treatment of a subject which continues to arouse ... Read more