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POWER POLITICS, IMPERIAL STRATEGIES, AND LOCAL ELITES Deadly dreams: opium and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China. By J. Y. Wong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions). Pp. xxx + 542. ISBN 0-521-55255-9. £52.50. Edwardian ladies and imperial power. By Julia Bush. London: Leicester University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv+242. ISBN 0-7185-0061-X. £50.00. Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian hero. By Halik Kochanski. London and Rio Grande, OH: Hambledon Press, 1999. Pp. xviii+340. ISBN 1-85285-188-0. £25.00. Policing Islam: the British occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian struggle over control of the police, 1882–1914. By Harold Tollefson. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1999. Pp. xiv+200. ISBN 0-313-30714-8. £48.95. Pan-Arabism before Nasser: Egyptian power politics and the Palestine question. By Michael Doran. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xi+230. ISBN 0-19-512361-1. £32.50.

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EUGENIO BIAGINI

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Information: The Historical Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 679 - 687

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X02002480 [Opens in a new window]
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POWER POLITICS, IMPERIAL STRATEGIES, AND LOCAL ELITES Deadly dreams: opium and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China. By J. Y. Wong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions). Pp. xxx + 542. ISBN 0-521-55255-9. £52.50. Edwardian ladies and imperial power. By Julia Bush. London: Leicester University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv+242. ISBN 0-7185-0061-X. £50.00. Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian hero. By Halik Kochanski. London and Rio Grande, OH: Hambledon Press, 1999. Pp. xviii+340. ISBN 1-85285-188-0. £25.00. Policing Islam: the British occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian struggle over control of the police, 1882–1914. By Harold Tollefson. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1999. Pp. xiv+200. ISBN 0-313-30714-8. £48.95. Pan-Arabism before Nasser: Egyptian power politics and the Palestine question. By Michael Doran. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xi+230. ISBN 0-19-512361-1. £32.50.

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POWER POLITICS, IMPERIAL STRATEGIES, AND LOCAL ELITES Deadly dreams: opium and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China. By J. Y. Wong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions). Pp. xxx + 542. ISBN 0-521-55255-9. £52.50. Edwardian ladies and imperial power. By Julia Bush. London: Leicester University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv+242. ISBN 0-7185-0061-X. £50.00. Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian hero. By Halik Kochanski. London and Rio Grande, OH: Hambledon Press, 1999. Pp. xviii+340. ISBN 1-85285-188-0. £25.00. Policing Islam: the British occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian struggle over control of the police, 1882–1914. By Harold Tollefson. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1999. Pp. xiv+200. ISBN 0-313-30714-8. £48.95. Pan-Arabism before Nasser: Egyptian power politics and the Palestine question. By Michael Doran. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xi+230. ISBN 0-19-512361-1. £32.50.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X02002480

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Volume 45, Issue 3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X02002480

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