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Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
"Revelatory and instructive . . . [a] beautifully written and accessible book" --The Times (London). For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution in favour of authorit ...Show more
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China by Julia Lovell
$42.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. In the 1800s, Britain was making a mint selling Indian opium to China. In return, they were buying tea, silks and ceramics. When eventually China decided that the drug trade was ruining her people, the British declared war, declaring China 'protectionist', 'backwards-looking' and 'superstit ...Show more
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