The Collision of Two Civilisations: The British Expedition to China in 1792-4 by Alain Peyrefitte
The Collision of Two Civilisations: The British Expedition to China in 1792-4
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Alain Peyrefitte
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The Collision of Two Civilisations: The British Expedition to China in 1792-4

Alain Peyrefitte

539 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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British wanted tea, porcelain, and silk, but had little to offer the Chinese in return, except one shameful commodity - Indian opium. "Everyone thought of it," Peyrefitte remarks, "but no one spoke of it." Making use of extraordinary source materi...

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