num_pages: 440
description: This 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 irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with this quarter of the globe-- the process that is loosely termed the "opening of China."Originally published by UNC Press in 1975, Peter Ward Fay's study was the first to treat extensively the opium trade from the point of production in India to the point of consumption in China and the first to give both Protestant and Catholic missionaries their due; it remains the most comprehensive account of the first Opium War through western eyes. In a new preface, Fay reflects on the relationship between the events described in the book and Hong Kong's more recent history.
language: English
title: 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
titlecomplete: 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
characters: David Abeel, William Jardine, Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone, Lin Zexu, Samuel Wells Williams, Sir James Matheson, Henry Pottinger, James Bremer, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Charles W. King
genres: China, British Literature, History, India, War, 19th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 81
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Silver)
publisher: The University of North Carolina Press