Maurice Collis
Foreign Mud: Being an Account of the Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830's and the Anglo-Chinese War that Followed
Publisher information:
Faber & Faber, London, third impression 1956
Description and condition:
Yellow cloth hardback with dustcover, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch (8vo), 318 pp., index, b/w illustrations, maps. Good copy with lightly marked covers and name on front free endpaper, else with nice clean pages throughout. Smaller tears and chipping to the dustcover, now protected.
Contents:
An account of the 19th century politics of tea, opium, Indian finance and the fluctuating relationship between the Chinese and British governments, showing the reality of Canton and Macao between 1830 and 1842 with the resulting birth of Hong Kong.
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