The Scramble for China. Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914, Paperback

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.

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Author(s): Robert Bickers
• Illustration(s): 16pp colour
• Number of pages: 512
• Publication date: 2012
• Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 24
• Cover type: Paperback / softback