The Inner Opium War

by James Polachek

Why did defeat in the Opium War not lead Ch'ing China to a more realistic appreciation of Western might and Chinese weakness? James Polachek's revisionist analysis exposes the behind-the-scenes political strugggles that notonly shaped foreign-policy decisions in the 1830s and 1840s but have continued to affect the history of Chinese nationalism in modern times. Polachek looks cosely at the networks of literati and officials, self-consciously reminiscent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674454464
• ISBN13: 9780674454460
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"