The Second Opium War and the End of the Taiping Civil War
People's History of Ideas Podcast
People's History of Ideas Podcast
The Second Opium War and the End of the Taiping Civil War
Jul 02, 2019
Season 1
Episode 4
Matthew Rothwell
The episode wraps up the events of the Taiping Revolution (1850-1864) and also deals with the events and outcome of the Second Opium War (1856-1860). The Qing Dynasty is weakened and the British, French, American and Russian powers extract new unequal treaties. Then the British help the Qing to put down a peasant-based revolution.
