The Opium War Through Chinese EyesFirst published in 1958. This volume translates and places in the appropriate historical context a number of private documents, such as diaries, autobiographies and confessions, which explain what the Opium War felt like on the Chinese side. |
Contents
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
II Songs of Oh dear Oh dear | 158 |
III Shanghai | 186 |
IV Chinkiang | 197 |
V Gutzlaff and his Traitors Mamo | 222 |
APPENDIX | 245 |
DATES | 246 |
CHINESE SOURCES | 248 |
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