Crusaders Against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917
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Opium addiction in China during the closing decades of the Ch'ing dynasty afflicted all segments of society. From government officials to farmers, the population fell prey to the effects of the drug. Some provinces reported addiction rates as high as eighty percent. With the birth of Chinese nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813192854
ISBN13:9780813192857
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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