Imperial Twilight
The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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Imperial Twilight
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Mark Deakins
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Stephen R. Platt
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As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country's last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the 19th-century Opium War.
As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it.
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.
The audiobook paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable - and mostly peaceful - meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today's uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
©2018 Stephen R. Platt (P)2018 Random House Audio
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"Everyone with experience in China has heard about the legacy of the Opium War and subsequent ‘Century of Humiliation.’ But Stephen Platt presents the buildup to this confrontation in a vivid and fascinating way, which challenges many prevailing assumptions in both China and the West (including some of my own). This is narrative and analytic history of a high order, which will be read with enjoyment by audiences around the world.” (James Fallows, author of Our Towns and China Airborne)
"A deeply researched study of an early clash of civilizations, when England attempted to impose its will on East Asia... A fluent, well-written exercise in revisionism, one of interest to students of modern geopolitics as well as 19th-century history." (Kirkus)
"A fresh perspective on the first Opium War, the conflict that allowed Western merchants to pry open China’s riches and gain unprecedented trading privileges... Platt's research is impeccably presented in this winning history of British and Chinese trade." (Publishers Weekly)
Great storytelling
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Although naively, I feel like understand some of China's current political and economic initiatives better through this history. Trying to take 18th Century Britain's role through its expanding trade networks.
Sometimes American involvement is discussed even when not overly important but it doesn't detriment. Although, bringing in other actors such as France, Japan or the Catholic Portuguese and their missionaries would have been interesting.
I wish he would have discussed the Imperial reaction and understanding of the war and its consequences in more depth rather than just focus on the local officials in this section. I also wish the book were longer so it could have provided an epilogue introducing the second opium war.
Extremely interesting and excellently delivered
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The speaker is very clear, carries an empathetic tone in the often tragic or ironic personal histories that pepper the book, and pronounces Chinese names in a way that is comprehensible and consistent (I do not speak Mandarin and cannot judge any deeper than that).
Highly recommended!
Excellent history, personal and informative
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