Deadly Dreams
Subtitle: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9780521526197
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; International relations; c 1800 to c 1900; International Relations - General; History; History - General History; History: World; China; India; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Renaissance; China--History--Foreign intervention, 1857-18; China--History--Foreign intervention, 1857-1861--Causes; History / Renaissance; Political Science-International Relations - General
First sentence: It all began in 1856 with Thomas Kennedy, an Irishman from Belfast who nominally captained the Chinese crew of a lorcha called the Arrow.