Imperial Twilight

Resumen del libro

In 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shaped the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.

Imperial Twilight is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Stephen R. Platt es profesor de Historia de China en la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst. Su último libro, x{0026}lt;i Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil Warx{0026}lt;/i fue Libro Destacado del x{0026}lt;i Washington Post,x{0026}lt;/i Selección del Editor del x{0026}lt;i New York Times Book Reviewx{0026}lt;/i y ganador del Premio de Historia Cundill. Platt vive con su mujer y sus hijos en Northampton, Massachusetts.x{0026}lt;/p