Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History Publisher / Across the River Press characterised by both sketch-like impulsivity

characterised by both sketch-like impulsivity and painterly eloquence

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Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History Publisher / Across the River Press characterised by both sketch-like impulsivitySilk Silver Opium tells the dramatic story of trade between China and the West and how it changed the world. Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the product of its past inter reactions, conflicts, victories and humiliations. The South China