The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China

著者

• Lovell, Julia

書誌事項

The Opium War : drugs, dreams and the making of China

Julia Lovell

Picador, 2012, c2011

タイトル別名

鴉片戰争

注記

"First published 2011 by Picador, first published in paperback 2011 by Picador"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 423-441

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

'A gripping read as well as an important one.' Rana Mitter, Guardian In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding episode of modern Chinese nationalism. Starting from this first conflict, The Opium War explores how China's national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present, and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West. 'Lively, erudite and meticulously researched' Literary Review 'An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow.' Sunday Times

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB10006831
• ISBN:
  • 9780330457484
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xxiv, 456 p., [32] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 951.033
• 件名:
  • LCSH : China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
  • LCSH : China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China