The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another Hanes W. Travis
The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another Hanes W. Travis In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 18391842 and 18561860 between Britain and China are…
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The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another Hanes W. Travis
In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 18391842 and 18561860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time through the eyes of the Chinese as well as the Imperial West. As it took hold as a recreational drug, opium wrought havoc on Chinese society. Opium entered China during the Middle Ages when Arab traders brought it into China for medicinal purposes.
When China tried to ban the use of the drug and bar its Western smugglers from it gates, England decided to fight to keep open China's ports for its importation. By the early nineteenth century, 90 percent of the Emperor's court and the majority of the army were opium addicts.Britain was also a nation addicted-to tea, grown in China, and paid for with profits made from the opium trade. England, the superpower of its time, managed to do so in two wars, resulting in a drug-induced devastation of the
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