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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA Financial Times Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' Peter Frankopan, Spectator________________________________________In 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shaped the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.Imperial Twilight is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history.
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2019-06-06
Mått130 x 198 x 43 mm
Vikt1 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor560
FörlagAtlantic Books
ISBN9781786494870
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Baillie Gifford Prize 2018 (UK)
Stephen R. Platt holds a PhD from Yale University and is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His last book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, won the Cundill History Prize in 2012.
1: A Time of Wonder 2: Black Wind 3: The Edge of the World 4: Sea and Land 5: Points of Entry 6: Hidden Shoals 7: Boom Times 8: Fire and Smoke 9: Freedom 10: A Darkening Turn 11: Means of Solution 12: The Last Honest Man 13: Showdown 14: Will and Destiny 15: Aftermath 16: Houqua and Forbes
Platt makes the war the centrepiece of an epic narrative, full of extraordinary characters and unexpected twists... Crucially, Platt sees this as a definitive turning point, which broke China's economic momentum for at least a century and informs its attitude to the West to this day.
