Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as spe...(展开全部)

雷蒙·阿隆（1905-1983），当代法国著名社会学家、哲学家。主要著作有：《历史哲学导论》、《连锁战争》、《工业社会十八讲》、《知识分子的鸦片》、《政治研究》、《阶级斗争》等。

雷蒙·阿隆（1905-1983），当代法国著名社会学家、哲学家。主要著作有：《历史哲学导论》、《连锁战争》、《工业社会十八讲》、《知识分子的鸦片》、《政治研究》、《阶级斗争》等。

The Opium War of 1839-42, the first military conflict to take place between China and the West, is a subject of enduring interest. Mao Haijian, one of the most distinguished and well-known historians working in China, presents the culmination of more than ten years of research in a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Mao examines the Qing part...(展开全部)

The Opium War of 1839-42, the first military conflict to take place between China and the West, is a subject of enduring interest. Mao Haijian, one of the most distinguished and well-known historians working in China, presents the culmination of more than ten years of research in a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Mao examines the Qing part...(展开全部)

Why did defeat in the Opium War not lead Ch'ing China to a more realistic appreciation of Western might and Chinese weakness? James Polachek's revisionist analysis exposes the behind-the-scenes political struggles that not only shaped foreign-policy decisions in the 1830s and 1840s but have continued to affect the history of Chinese nationalism in modern times. Polachek looks c...(展开全部)

阿图罗·吉拉尔德斯（Arturo Giraldez） 太平洋大学（University of the Pacific）现代语言和文学系及国际研究学院教授，加州大学圣芭芭拉分校（University of California, Santa Barbara）客座教授，主要研究领域为太平洋历史与西班牙世界的文化历史。

Historians have traditionally used the discourses of free trade and laissez faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. But from Sophus Reinert’s perspective, eighteenth-century political economy can be understood only in the context of the often brutal imperial rivalries then unfolding in Europe and its former colonies and the positive conse...(展开全部)

Historians have traditionally used the discourses of free trade and laissez faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. But from Sophus Reinert’s perspective, eighteenth-century political economy can be understood only in the context of the often brutal imperial rivalries then unfolding in Europe and its former colonies and the positive conse...(展开全部)

In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed. Rich in tragicomedy, The Opium War explores the disastrous British foreign-relations move that became a founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism, and depicts China’s hero...(展开全部)