THE OPIUM WAR : WAR DRUGS , DREAMS AND THE MAKING IF CHINA

Julia Lovell

• born in 1975
• university professor
• Julia Lovell is the author The Opium war : Drugs , dreams , and the making of china

Julia's history

• Julia's books explores why this period of history is so emotionally important for the Chinese
• drawing on original sources in Chinese and English , she recounts the events of the period in fascinating detail

19TH century

• early 19th century , when European demand for Chinese silk
• tea & porcelain
• Chinese were soon addicted , between 1839&1849
• British manufactured a nasty little war in which they smashed the military

1920s

• In the 1920s Chinese nationalist began spinning the arrival of western gun boats
• As the cause of all the country's problems . " century of humiliation "