Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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Stephen R. Platt
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

Stephen R. Platt

560 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest and most powerful empire in the world. China was much weaker than was commonly understood and the war set in motion the fall of the Qing...

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