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January 18

Opium wars

Im writing a history essay on the opium wars, and the causes of it but im having trouble finding first hand sources for it. Does anyone know where to find any? 91.101.26.175 (talk) 18:46, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

The best way would be to go in person to your school library and ask the librarian to show you how to get started. Another thing you can do is look at the books listed at the bottom of the Opium Wars article. Best luck to you, 70.67.193.176 (talk) 19:15, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

For a "first hand" accounts, see:

• Young American’s first-hand account of second opium war.
• The opium trade in China, by an eyewitness (J. Johnston)

Also The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

Alansplodge (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Try Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843 at Project Gutenberg (an account of the role of the East India Company's ironclad Nemesis in the first opium war). Blakk and ekka 17:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)