Glenn Melancon: 1 book
Britain's China Policy and the Opium Crisis
Balancing Drugs, Violence and National Honour, 1833–1840
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The first Opium War (1840-42) was a defining moment in Anglo-Chinese relations, and since the 1840s the histories of its origins have tended to have been straightforward narratives, which suggest that the British Cabinet turned to its military to protect opium sales and to force open the China trade....
