Imperial twilight the Opium war and the end of China's last golden age /

Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.

Main Author: Platt, Stephen R.,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
Physical Description: xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor DS757.5 .P55 2018 Available
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