Author : Maurice Collis
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811215060
Based upon selected anecdotal stories written by British observers, this text reconstructs the events of the illegal opium trade in Canton in the 1830s and the war between Britain and China that followed. The volume is illustrated with b & w maps, prints, and photographs. Irish-born Collis (1889-1975) served for many years in the Indian Civil Service in Burma and later became a writer and critic in London. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR