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008			260304t20252025vraabf gr 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781761451980 _cRM 132.00 _qpaperback
040			_aPPAK _beng _cPPAK _erda
082	0	4	_223 _a382.0951
090	0	0	_a382.0951 _bPEM _dG
100	1		_aPembroke, Michael, _d1955- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSilk Silver Opium : _bthe TRADE with CHINA that CHANGED HISTORY / _cMichael Pembroke.
264		1	_aWurundjeri Country ; Collingwood, Victoria : _bHardie Grant Books, _c[2025]
264		4	_c©2025
300			_axxv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour), maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSilk 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 Sea was the place from where the ultimately destructive European sailing ships arrived. The Ryukyu Island chain was the place from where marauding Japanese pirates preyed mercilessly on China's east coast ports. Taiwan was where anti-Qing rebels established a stronghold in the seventeenth century. The story of imperial China's trading relationship with the West is a powerful tale, with clear implications for the future.
650			_aOpium
650	2	0	_aOpium trade _zChina _xHistory
651		0	_aChina _xForeign relations
651		0	_aChina _xHistory
651		0	_aChina _xEconomic relations _zWestern Countries
651		0	_aChina _xPolitics and government
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999			_c203348 _d203348