Embassies to China: Diplomacy and Cultural Encounters Before the Opium Wars, Keevak Michael
Автор: Mao, Haijian Название: Qing empire and the opium war ISBN: 1108455417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108455411 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7762.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Opium War of 1839-42 is a subject of enduring interest. The Chinese historian Mao Haijian presents a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists, offering a comprehensive explanation as to why the Qing Empire was so badly defeated by the British.
Автор: Michael Keevak Название: Embassies to China ISBN: 9811039712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811039713 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This cutting edge text provides key insights into the cultural and political conflict which lay at the heart of early Chinese-European relations, as the West`s understanding of the truth and appropriateness of its cultural norms was confronted by China`s norms and beliefs.
Описание: Tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia by tracing the history of three Far Eastern embassies - in Japan, China and Korea - through the vicissitudes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of western influence in Asia.
Название: Embassies in Crisis ISBN: 0815357885 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815357889 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19906.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In moments of crisis Embassies have often been targets of protest and sites of confrontation. It is this aspect of Embassy experience that this collection of essays explores.
Описание: Victorian Great Britain was the most technologically and economically developed country in the world at the time. As such, it had the power to protect its interests
A history of opium's dramatic fall from favor in colonial Southeast Asia
During the late nineteenth century, opium was integral to European colonial rule in Southeast Asia. The taxation of opium was a major source of revenue for British and French colonizers, who also derived moral authority from imposing a tax on a peculiar vice of their non-European subjects. Yet between the 1890s and the 1940s, colonial states began to ban opium, upsetting the very foundations of overseas rule--how did this happen? Empires of Vice traces the history of this dramatic reversal, revealing the colonial legacies that set the stage for the region's drug problems today. Diana Kim challenges the conventional wisdom about opium prohibition--that it came about because doctors awoke to the dangers of drug addiction or that it was a response to moral crusaders--uncovering a more complex story deep within the colonial bureaucracy. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence across Southeast Asia and Europe, she shows how prohibition was made possible by the pivotal contributions of seemingly weak bureaucratic officials. Comparing British and French experiences across today's Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam, Kim examines how the everyday work of local administrators delegitimized the taxing of opium, which in turn made major anti-opium reforms possible. Empires of Vice reveals the inner life of colonial bureaucracy, illuminating how European rulers reconfigured their opium-entangled foundations of governance and shaped Southeast Asia's political economy of illicit drugs and the punitive state.
Описание: This book explores British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from 1792 to 1840. -- .
Автор: Janin Название: The India-China Opium Trade In The Nineteenth Century ISBN: 0786493577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786493579 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4158.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From 1823 to 1860 a fleet of small, fast brigs and schooners carried chests of opium from India to China, often facing the challenges of pirates and typhoons along the way. This shadowy trade, conducted by American, British, and Indian firms, thrived despite its moral and legal consequences.Drawing largely on primary sources, the story of the opium trade comes through in the voices of those who saw it firsthand. Appendices describe a favourite shipboard recipe, two of the ships involved in the trade and their crews, excerpts from accounts of the Opium War, and language equivalents for proper and place names. A bibliography is included, and maps and photographs help illumine this important and unusual period of history.
Описание: Victorian Great Britain was the most technologically and economically developed country in the world at the time. As such, it had the power to protect its interests.
Описание: This study investigates the connections between opium policy and imperialism in Burma. It examines what influenced the imperial regime`s opium policy decisions, such as racial ideologies, the necessity of articulating a convincing rationale for British governance, and Burma`s position in multiple imperial and transnational networks.
Автор: Waley Arthur, Estate The Arthur Waley Название: The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes ISBN: 1138862223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138862227 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1958 this volume translates and places in historical context a number of private documents, which explain what the Opium War felt like on the Chinese side.
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