Webb23 apr. 2024 · 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. WebbImperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age is a history book by Stephen R. Platt relating the events during the lead-up to the First Opium War of …

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Webb6 juni 2024 · Imperial Twilightis 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. 続きを読む Previous page 本の長さ 560ページ 言語 英語 出版社 Atlantic Books 発売日 2024/6/6 寸法 12.9 x 4 x 19.8 cm ISBN-10 1786494876 ISBN-13 978-1786494870 すべての詳細を表示 Next page … WebbImperial Twilight is a masterpiece of the "If Only" school of history, which holds out the tantalizing prospect of a world that, with the right choices, could be made perfect. ― … WebbReview: Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt - YouTube 0:00 / 8:03 Review: Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt CaspianReport 1.28M subscribers 1.5K 39K views 4 years … bosch me17 ecu