Merchants of war and peace : British knowledge of China in the making of the opium war
- Submitting institution
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The University of Warwick
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 10265
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- ISBN
- 9789888390564
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Arguing that the Opium War started with changes in British knowledge of China, and examining the roles that British merchants in Canton played in its making, this book relies on extensive primary sources including undigitized newspapers, private letters and official documents housed in the UK, China, Europe and USA. The book offers multi-layered investigations engaging with both Sinology and the history of British empire, which increases time needed for research. It was praised as offering “important new insights” (Rana Mitter), “valuable historiographical contribution[s]” (Timothy Weston) and “breaking new ground” (John Wong).
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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