Author: Thomas Taylor Meadows

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780331579383

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Excerpt from The Chinese and Their Rebellions: Viewed in Connection With Their National Philosophy, Ethics, Legislation, and Administration; To Which Is Added, an Essay on Civilization and Its Present State in the East and West When, however, one of these was removed, by the abolition of the East India Company's privileges in 1834, and British Imperial officers were appointed to support our interests, a collision between Governments, which were influenced by totally different views, became inevitable. After some lesser hostile acts on both sides, war was formally commenced in 1840, the immediate cause being the attempt of the Chinese Government to suppress, by coercion, at once opium smoking and the Opium trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Chinese and Their Rebellions written by Thomas Taylor Meadows and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chinese and Their Rebellions: Viewed in Connection With Their National Philosophy, Ethics, Legislation, and Administration; To Which Is Added, an Essay on Civilization and Its Present State in the East and West When, however, one of these was removed, by the abolition of the East India Company's privileges in 1834, and British Imperial officers were appointed to support our interests, a collision between Governments, which were influenced by totally different views, became inevitable. After some lesser hostile acts on both sides, war was formally commenced in 1840, the immediate cause being the attempt of the Chinese Government to suppress, by coercion, at once opium smoking and the Opium trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.