Julia Lovell: The Opium War, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Opium War
- Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Verlag:
- Pan Macmillan, 07/2012
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780330457484
- Artikelnummer:
- 2490758
- Umfang:
- 456 Seiten
- Sonstiges:
- w. 5 maps, 52 b&w and col. ill. on plates
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2012
- Gewicht:
- 398 g
- Maße:
- 195 x 130 mm
- Stärke:
- 35 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 15.7.2012
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 17,55* |
Kurzbeschreibung
In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism. Starting from this first conflict, The Opium War explores how Chinas national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present, and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West.Klappentext
'A gripping read as well as an important one.' Rana Mitter, Guardian
In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding episode of modern Chinese nationalism.
Starting from this first conflict, The Opium War explores how China's national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present, and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West.
'Lively, erudite and meticulously researched' Literary Review
'An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow.' Sunday Times
Biografie
Julia Lovell, geboren 1975, lehrt chinesische Geschichte und Literatur an der Universität Cambridge. Sie lebte längere Zeit in China und schreibt als freie Autorin für so renommierte Magazine wie The Times, Guardian, Economist und The Times Literary Supplement.
