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Opium Wars and Peace
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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
(John) What if I were to tell you that the Opium Wars weren't really about opium? What if I told you that they were about trade, tea and silver? And what if one of the companies that began trading opium in the mid-nineteenth century is on the London Stock Exchange today? On this episode of Footnoting History, John explores the opium trade and how it led to open markets and the collapse of the Qing dynasty.
Released:
May 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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