Books by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun
Narcotic Culture
by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun
This book is very informative and wide ranging about the substance over which the war was fought – opium
Interviews where books by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun were recommended
The best books on The Opium War, recommended by Julia Lovell
The 19th century opium war marked the clash of the world’s great empires of the age – Britain and China. Historian Julia Lovell says its legacy of Chinese humiliation is still felt keenly in Beijing.