Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
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To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilization defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium--a drug that turned the Chinese into cadaverous addicts in the iron grip of dependence. Britain, in an effort to reverse the damage caused by opium addiction, launched its own version of the "war on drugs," which lasted roughly sixty years, from 1880 to World War II and the beginning of Chinese communism. But,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226149056
ISBN13:9780226149059
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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