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The lion and the dragon : Britain's opium wars with China, 1839-1860 by Nigel Imner, Mark Simner is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The lion and the dragon : Britain's opium wars with China, 1839-1860 about?
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade--due to the serious social and economic problems it caused--the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict
Who reads The lion and the dragon : Britain's opium wars with China, 1839-1860?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nigel Imner, Mark Simner
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Limited
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781781557174
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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