0713997494 
Hardback The scramble for China : foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1832-1914 / Robert Bickers.
Publication year: 2011
Format: Hardback
Publisher: London : Allen Lane,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780713997491 (hbk.) : 0713997494 (hbk.) :
Notes:
This is the epic story of Europe's attempt to destroy and colonise China and how that attempt failed. Robert Bickers tells the story from both the European point of view and the Chinese, reimagining the encounters between two equally arrogant and scornful cultures.
Description:
xv, 495 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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