Intoxicating Manchuria : Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China's Northeast Hardback
by Norman Smith
Part of the Contemporary Chinese Studies series
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In China, both opium and alcohol were used for centuries in the pursuit of health and leisure while simultaneously linked to personal and social decline.
The impact of these substances is undeniable, and the role they have played in Chinese social, cultural, and economic history is extremely complex. In Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and political conflict affected local intoxicant industries.
These industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century, even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged.
Through the lens of popular Chinese media depictions of alcohol and opium, Smith analyzes how intoxicants and addiction were understood in this society, the role the Japanese occupation of Manchuria played in their portrayal, and the efforts made to reduce opium and alcohol consumption.
This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restrictions in the region.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 41 b&w illustrations
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:03/10/2012
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- ISBN:9780774824286
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 41 b&w illustrations
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:03/10/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780774824286