ENGLISH

The Immobile Empire

By Alain Peyrefitte

Book information

Publisher
Knopf
Year
1992
ISBN
0394586549, 9780394586540
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10909158 bytes)
Edition
1st Amer.
Pages
630\0
Time added
2018-01-20 08:48:59
History;Africa;Americas;Arctic & Antarctica;Asia;A

Description

Drawing on varied primary source materials, including secret Chinese intelligence reports and British journals, this intriguing study captures the collision between East and West that occured during Britain's abortive 1793 attempt to open China to Western trade.

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