
Author/Contributor(s): | Fay, Peter Ward |
Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press |
Date: | 03/16/1998 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
Originally published by UNC Press in 1975, Peter Ward Fay's study was the first to treat extensively the opium trade from the point of production in India to the point of consumption in China and the first to give both Protestant and Catholic missionaries their due; it remains the most comprehensive account of the first Opium War through western eyes. In a new preface, Fay reflects on the relationship between the events described in the book and Hong Kong's more recent history.