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Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856 1860) in China Paperback - 2002
by J. Y. Wong; Patrick Hannan (Editor); Denis Twitchett (Editor)
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It all began in 1856 with Thomas Kennedy, an Irishman from Belfast who nominally captained the Chinese crew of a lorcha called the Arrow.
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- Title Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856 1860) in China
- Author J. Y. Wong; Patrick Hannan (Editor); Denis Twitchett (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2002-11-07
- ISBN 9780521526197 / 0521526191
- Weight 1.79 lbs (0.81 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 6.01 x 1.35 in (23.22 x 15.27 x 3.43 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Dewey Decimal Code 327.034
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