The Social Life of Opium in China PDF
by Zheng (National University of Singapore) Yangwen
Description
In a remarkable and broad-ranging narrative, Yangwen Zheng's book explores the history of opium consumption in China from 1483 to the late twentieth century.
The story begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when opium was sent as a gift by vassal states and used as an aphrodisiac in court.
Over time, the Chinese people from different classes and regions began to use it for recreational purposes, so beginning a complex culture of opium consumption.
The book traces this transformation over a period of five hundred years, asking who introduced opium to China, how it spread across all sections of society, embraced by rich and poor alike as a culture and an institution.
The book, which is accompanied by a fascinating collection of illustrations, will appeal to students and scholars of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and all those with an interest in China.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:6 Tables, unspecified; 2 Maps; 14 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/05/2006
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- ISBN:9780511124037
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:6 Tables, unspecified; 2 Maps; 14 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/05/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780511124037
