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Originally Posted by sufue
I took a class in college from a prof named Peter Fay, who wrote an excellent (IMO) book about the Opium Wars. In typical undergraduate fashion, I barely cracked the book when in his class, but years later "found" it again while moving, read it without the pressure of other classes, term papers, problem sets, quizzes, etc., and really enjoyed it. Until reading it, I didn't really realize much about Great Britain in China either...
Unfortunately the book is a little pricey ($16-ish) at Kindle. There is an $0.99 edition at Kobo (and a $25-ish) edition. I bought the $0.99 version, and it's pretty poor as an e-book (odd formatting, no workable TOC, etc.) - or at least it was several years ago when I bought it. You'd have to take a look and see if it's fixed (or bearable). Both the Kobo versions are coupon/VIPable.
Links for The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by which They Forced Her Gates Ajar (crazy long title) by Peter Ward Fay;
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Opium-War-184...dp/B00AFENCD8/
Kobo US (0.99 version): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/opi...rced-her-gates |
It looks interesting, but a crazy price at amazon.ca - $CDN 31.99 - apparently marked down from $CDN 38.57
Is there any logic to geographic pricing?