Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History Publisher / Across the River Press traditional family favourites that have

traditional family favourites that have been handed down through generations

Kunsthalle Mannheim had one of the first collections of Expressionism in Germany’s museums – until most of the works previously acquired were confiscated by the National Socialists in 1937

Ramirez interrogates what defines a nation and who gets to build it

The book presents the artist's life and work

Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History Publisher / Across the River Press traditional family favourites that haveSilk Silver Opium tells the dramatic story of trade between China and the West and how it changed the world. Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the product of its past inter reactions, conflicts, victories and humiliations. The South China