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Alain Peyrefitte
539 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780002726771
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Language: English
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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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Alain Peyrefitte
539 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780002726771
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...