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the opium war and the end of China's last golden age
xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)