The Opium War 1840-1842 (1997)

Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780807847145 Condition: Very Good  The book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Book Description: This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the Imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with the quarter of the globe - the process that is loosely termed the "opening of China." - from the back cover