The Opium War
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‘A gripping read as well as an important one’ – Rana Mitter, The
GuardianIn The Opium War, professor of Modern Chinese History and
Literature Julia Lovell offers a compelling account of the causes
and fallout of the Opium Wars. 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’ – The Sunday TimesNow
part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best
of modern literature.
Výber kníh autorov
Pan Macmillan ,
Julia Lovell
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Pan Macmillan,
Julia Lovell
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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