Imperial Twilight
The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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Imperial Twilight
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Mark Deakins
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Stephen R. Platt
As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
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Great storytelling
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The speaker is very clear, carries an empathetic tone in the often tragic or ironic personal histories that pepper the book, and pronounces Chinese names in a way that is comprehensible and consistent (I do not speak Mandarin and cannot judge any deeper than that).
Highly recommended!
Excellent history, personal and informative
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Although naively, I feel like understand some of China's current political and economic initiatives better through this history. Trying to take 18th Century Britain's role through its expanding trade networks.
Sometimes American involvement is discussed even when not overly important but it doesn't detriment. Although, bringing in other actors such as France, Japan or the Catholic Portuguese and their missionaries would have been interesting.
I wish he would have discussed the Imperial reaction and understanding of the war and its consequences in more depth rather than just focus on the local officials in this section. I also wish the book were longer so it could have provided an epilogue introducing the second opium war.
Extremely interesting and excellently delivered
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A mid retelling of a fascinating story
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