Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan Tamim Ansary
The Opium War
- Af
- Med
- Forlag
1839. Trade is the stalwart of the British Empire. China threatens Britain's Opium trade. Britain and China go to war.
When Britain sent troops to compel the Chinese to accept imports of opium, they opened what is argued to be one of the most disgraceful chapters in the history of the Empire.
How did the situation arise? How did opium exports become so crucial to the British economy? How did the British come to be as addicted to opium revenue as the Chinese were to the drug itself?
Brian Inglis gives the answers to these and other questions in this meticulously researched study of The Opium War. Shocking, shaming, but fascinating throughout.
© 2021 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9781705277546
Udgivelsesdato
Lydbog: 9. marts 2021
Andre kan også lide...
- Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World J.C. Sharman
- Great State: China and the World Timothy Brook
- When Montezuma Met Cortes: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History Matthew Restall
- The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World Marie Favereau
- How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800 Jonathan Scott
- Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix
- The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century Paul Collins
- Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 Adam Zamoyski
- China and Japan: Facing History Ezra F. Vogel
- The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924 Benny Morris, Dror Ze’evi
- Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West Anthony Pagden
- 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder Arthur Herman
- A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War Victor Davis Hanson
- Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000 Helmut Walser Smith
- Ten Days that Shook the World John Reed
- Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450–1750: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750 Noel Malcolm
- Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 Stephen R. Bown
- Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 Neil Faulkner
- The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century Peter Watson
- Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914 - 1921 Laura Engelstein
- A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution Jeremy D. Popkin
- Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History Robert D. Kaplan
- A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 Stanley G. Payne
- Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East James Barr
- Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East Fawaz A. Gerges
- The Empire Must Die: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900–1917: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900 - 1917 Mikhail Zygar
- The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China Raoul McLaughlin
- The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution Yuri Slezkine
- Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209–1370: China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370 James Waterson
- Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Geoffrey Parker
- Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, Revised Edition David K. Shipler
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 Edward Gibbon
- Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco’s Spain Paul Preston
- The Making of Oliver Cromwell Ronald Hutton
- The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong Michael Sheridan
- The Making of Modern Britain Andrew Marr
- Stalin in Power: The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941 Robert C. Tucker
- Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East Walter Reid
- Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Vladislav M. Zubok
- A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018 Paul Preston
- Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour Barbara W. Tuchman
- Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Supremacy Stephen Wertheim
- Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei William R. Polk
- Russia: The Story of War Gregory Carleton
- A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic Jonathan Clements
- The Hundred Years War: A People's History David Green
- Poland: The First Thousand Years Patrice M. Dabrowski
- The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy Peter H. Wilson
- Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution R.R. Palmer
- The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China Tonio Andrade
- Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
- The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II Jonathan Haslam
- Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made Richard Rhodes
- In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The 1918–1921 Pogroms in Ukraine and the Onset of the Holocaust Jeffrey Veidlinger
- Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation Philip Matyszak
- Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 David Howarth
- Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy Frank McLynn
- Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Führer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals James Longo
- How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity Rodney Stark
- Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty Norman M. Naimark
- Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation Peter Marshall
- The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Barbara W. Tuchman
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 Edward Gibbon
- Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth Adam Zamoyski
- The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope: 1945-1953 Robert Dallek
- Barons of the Sea: And their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship Steven Ujifusa
- Stalin as Revolutionary 1879-1929: A Study in History and Personality Robert C. Tucker
- The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain Dario Fernandez Morera
- Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes, and Empires Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight For His Empire James S. Romm
- The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890–1914 Barbara W. Tuchman
- The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games Jeremy Bowen
- 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half Stephen R. Bown
- Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past Richard Cohen
- The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge Paul A. Rahe
- A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign Edward J. Larson
- Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War S. C. Gwynne
- The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 Joseph J. Ellis
- Practicing History: Selected Essays Barbara W. Tuchman
- Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 Stephen Kotkin
- Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II John W. Dower
- A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East James Barr
- The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War Benn Steil
- The Enlightenment that Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830 Jonathan I. Israel
- A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza’s Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age Steven Nadler
- Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution Woody Holton
- The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson David S. Brown
- Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade Anthony Kaldellis
- American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 William Manchester
- The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution Timothy Tackett
- The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Famine Douglas Smith
- In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Years Journey Through Romania and Beyond Robert D. Kaplan
- Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918 Richard L. DiNardo, Daniel J. Hughes
- The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium Barry Strauss
- The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World Karl Schlögel
- The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America Roger Kimball
- The Napoleonic Wars Alexander Mikaberidze
- We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History John Lewis Gaddis
- The Coming of the Third Reich Richard J. Evans
Vælg dit abonnement
Over 1 million titler
Download og nyd titler offline
Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)
Det er nemt at opsige når som helst
Premium
For dig som lytter og læser ofte.
129 kr. /måned
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Unlimited
For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.
159 kr. /måned
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Family
For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.
Fra 179 kr. /måned
Fri lytning til podcasts
Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto
Ingen binding
Dig + 1 familiemedlem2 konti
179 kr. /måned
Flex
For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.
89 kr. /måned
Prøv 30 dage for 9 kr.
Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Har du en rabatkode?
Indtast koden her
