Deadly dreams : opium, imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
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Deadly dreams : opium, imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
（Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature and institutions）
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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The Arrow War (1856-60) involved all the world's major powers, and could almost be called a world war because of the global economic and diplomatic issues driving it. For twenty-five years Dr John Wong has been trying to discover the true origins of the war. What began as a study of an alleged insult to the British flag supposedly flying over the boat Arrow led to an analysis of complex Chinese and British diplomacy; of the even more complex Chinese tea and silk exports; of British India's jealously guarded economic strategies and opium monopoly; of cotton supplied to the Lancashire mills by the Americans, who thereby made up their trade deficit with China occasioned by their heavy purchases of tea; of intricate Westminster politics and British global trade; of French pride and cultural priorities; of Russian intrigues and territorial designs; and of America's apparent aloofness and real ambitions.
Table of Contents
- Part I. The Confusion of Imperialism: 1. An attempt to peel the onion of confusion
- Part II. The Pretext for Imperialism: 2. An international incident: 'that wretched question of the Arrow'
- Part III. The Personalities of Imperialism: 3. Harry Parkes: 'if you would read a little international law.' - Punch
- 4. Sir John Bowring: possessed by a monomania
- 5. Commissioner Yeh: a 'monster'?
- 6. Rule, Britannia and vox populi, vox Dei
- Part IV. The Rhetoric of Imperialism: 7. Marx, Punch, and a political press: the debate among the British newspapers
- 8. The Arrow incident and international law: the debate in the House of Lords
- 9. Triumph of the liberal conscience: the debate in the House of Commons
- 10. 'Johnny is on his knees': the 'Chinese Election'
- Part V. The Mechanics of Imperialism: 11. Behind the scenes: the diplomacy of imperialism
- 12. Behind the scenes: the politics of imperialism
- 13. In the wings: the lobbies of imperialism
- Part VI. The Economics of Imperialism: 14. Anglo-Chinese trade: the Chinese should buy more
- 15. China's maritime trade: the Chinese could buy more
- 16. The problem of India: the Chinese should and could buy more
- 17. The balance sheet: the Chinese are now buying more
- Part VII. The Dynamics of Imperialism: 18. Conclusion.
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