Foreign mud : being an account of the Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830s and the Anglo-Chinese War that followed
Collis, Maurice1997
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Foreign mud was opium, smuggled into China in the early 19th century by British and other Western ships. At a time when Britain was determined to force her way into every country in the world, war was inevitable.
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Imprint:
London : Faber, 1997.
Collation:
xi, 285p., [16]p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Series title:
The Faber library ; 26
Notes:
Originally published: 1946.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780571193011 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951.033
Local class:
951.033
Language:
English
BRN:
813681