The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar, Volume 1This 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 irrever |
Contents
III | 3 |
IV | 15 |
V | 29 |
VI | 41 |
VII | 53 |
VIII | 65 |
IX | 67 |
X | 80 |
XVII | 196 |
XVIII | 211 |
XIX | 213 |
XX | 228 |
XXI | 237 |
XXIII | 249 |
XXIV | 261 |
XXV | 283 |
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