British trade and the opening of china 1800–42
Auteur :
Greenberg, Michael
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521079167
Date de publication :
18 sept. 2008
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
320 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
An account of the activities of British merchants in China in the crucial years before the Treaty of Nanking (1842), which transformed the relations between the Celestial Empire and the Western 'barbarians' and placed them upon a footing that was to last for 100 years.