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The Opium Boom
12019-11-18T17:23:01-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f351Understanding the expansion of the opium trade leading up to 1832image_header34762019-11-18T17:23:01-05:001800-1832Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThis path explains why the opium trade expanded so rapidly leading up to the 1830s, and why it branched out to Fujian after 1832. The path concludes with a full copy of the record of the exploratory trip that the major British opium merchants funded in 1832, the "Lord Amherst" voyage.
Contents of this path:
12019-11-18T17:23:02-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe Opium Trade Prior to 18321A brief explanation for the rise of the Chinese opium trade prior to 1832plain2019-11-18T17:23:02-05:001700-1832Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:23:02-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fTransformations in British Trade in China1The dissolution of the British East India Company monopoly on the China tradeplain2019-11-18T17:23:02-05:001834Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:23:01-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe "Lord Amherst" Expedition1A description of the pioneering efforts of British opium traders to open new markets in 1832plain2019-11-18T17:23:01-05:001832Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f