WONG J Y <br/><br/>
Deadly dreams:  opium, imperialism and the "Arrow" war (1856-60) in China/ 
by J Y Wong 
 - Cambridge:  Cambridge Univ Press,  1998 
 - xxx, 542 pages; 23 cm. 
 - Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature & Institutions .
<br/><br/> The "Arrow war" arose from an alleged insult to the British flag on the sailing vessel Arrow, but in reality - according to this book - was about protecting and extending British trading interests and involved all the major powers of the time except the Austro-Hungarian empire. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521552559 (hbk.):  50.00 UK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BRITAIN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--CHINA<br/>CHINA<br/>CHINA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--BRITAIN<br/>HISTORY<br/>OPIUM WARS