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Empire Made Me by Robert A. Bickers
45.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Allen Lane History S.
Shanghai in the wake of World War I was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Into this maelstrom stepped a tough and resourceful ex-veteran Englishman to join the police. This is his story, told in part through his rediscovered photograph albums and letters.
The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914 by Robert A. Bickers
30.00 NZD
Category: History
In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. This book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West.
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