Opium Wars

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Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Lord Elgins Revenge
3
Chapter 2 Disastrous Etiquette
13
Chapter 3 Zero Intolerance
37
Chapter 4 Canton Besieged
57
Chapter 5 The Black Hole of Canton
71
Chapter 6 The Battle in Britain
77
Chapter 7 Drugs and Guns
85
Chapter 8 Diplomacy by Gunboat
97
Chapter 19 Peer Pressure
193
Chapter 20 Scottish Conquistador
211
Chapter 21 Hostilities Renewed
227
Chapter 22 Lord Elgins Return
241
Chapter 23 To the Gates of Peking
251
Chapter 24 A Hostage Crisis
261
Chapter 25 I Am Not a Thief
271
Chapter 26 Rescue and Retaliation
279

Chapter 9 The Economics of Addiction
103
Chapter 10 Crucifixion and Cages
109
Chapter 11 Steamed Victory
115
Chapter 12 A Price on His Head
125
Chapter 13 The Sacking of Amoy Ningbo and Charles Elliot
133
Chapter 14 Chinese Masada
143
Chapter 15 Early Victorian Vikings
149
Chapter 16 The Trade in Poison and Pigs
163
Chapter 17 Strange Interlude
167
Chapter 18 Outrageous Slings and the Arrows Misfortune
175
Chapter 27 The Diktat of Peking
289
Epilogue
293
Illustrations and Maps
299
Notes
309
Short Bibliography
321
About the Authors
323
Index
325
Back Cover
335
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