Creating the Opium War' examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century. It…
<I>Creating the Opium War</i> examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next centu…
"Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century. It…
Examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters. It brings together the political history of Sino-western relations and cultural studies of British representations of China, as a new way of understanding the origins of the Opium War. The book show…