Hanes III And Sandello Summary

The authors of this book are W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello. W. Travis Hanes III, is an educator and historian on nineteenth-century Britain. He holds a doctorate degree in British Imperial History from the University of Texas in Austin. He also wrote a book called Imperial Diplomacy in the Era of Decolonization. Frank Sanello is the author of 15 books on films and history. Sanello is a former Los Angeles Daily News critic. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and obtained his Master’s at UCLA. Both authors live in Los Angeles, California. ("Opium Wars") The main focus of this book is what happened in the Opium Wars that occurred between Britain and China in 1839-1842 and once again in 1856-1860. During the 19th century, Great Britain was heavily reliant on China for tea. The Chinese government would only accept Spanish silver dollars as payment for the tea they produced and sold. Britain was …show more content…
After this, the Viceroy of Canton, Lu Kun, created an embargo in British imports. There were many more small arguments between British envoys and Chinese officials following this. Eventually Lin Tse-hsu would be appointed by the emperor to eliminate the opium trade. “A man ahead of his time, Lin believed in rehabilitation as the best way to destroy the market” (38). Later in 183, Lin surrounded factories and demanded that the British and Chinese merchants give up all of the opium. Lin destroyed approximately 21,000 chests of opium and ordered that all foreigners leave Canton. He declared that they may not return unless they signed an agreement saying that they would never sell opium in China again. The merchants refused to sign his agreement and were forced to move to Hong Kong, where they ran out of food and water. A British Admiral tried to get food to the merchants and there was fighting between the British and several Chinese