{"product_id":"opium-war","title":"The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe Opium War \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a compelling and deeply researched account of the nineteenth-century conflict that reshaped China’s relationship with the world. Exploring the causes, events, and consequences of the Opium Wars, the book shows how trade, imperial ambition, and clashing worldviews collided with devastating results. Moving beyond simple military history, it examines how the wars influenced Chinese politics, national identity, and perceptions of the West, tracing their long-lasting impact on modern China. Clear, engaging, and thought-provoking, the book reveals how this pivotal episode helped shape global history and continues to echo into the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/span\u003e teaches modern Chinese history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Opium War: Drugs, Drama And The Making Of China,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Great Wall: China Against the World\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/span\u003e and writes on China for the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e. Her many translations of modern Chinese fiction include, most recently, Lu Xun’s \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Real Story of Ah-Q, and Other Tales of China\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241751474383,"sku":"9780330457484","price":30.51,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bac68d3b-080e-4642-b967-58c9cdb2dc99.jpg?v=1770019145","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/opium-war","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}