Britain's China Policy and the Opium Crisis
Subtitle: Balancing Drugs, Violence and National Honour, 1833-1840
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780754607045
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Drug addiction & substance abuse; International relations; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain; China; Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; International - General; Asia - China; 19th century; Commerce; Commercial policy
First sentence: At the beginning of the nineteenth century an aristocratic elite dominated Great Britain.