Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
China was turned into a nation of opium addicts by the pernicious forces of imperialist trade. This study systematically questions this assertion on the basis of abundant archives from China, Europe and the US, showing that opium had few harmful effects on either health or longevity.
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Contents
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The Global Spread of Psychoactive Substances c16001900
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Opium in Europe and Asia
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The opium trade in East Asia
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21 |
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Opium Before the Opium War c 16001840
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Minerals alcohol and tea culture
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The spread of madak c 16601780
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32 |
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From madak to opium c 17801820
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36 |
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Traders pirates and opium 17931820
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39 |
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Missionary asylums and the opium cure
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122 |
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The persecution of opiate users in republican China
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125 |
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Prohibition and detoxification
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130 |
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Detoxification treatments against addiction
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135 |
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The judicial killing of Addicts
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Pills and Powders The Spread of SemiSynthetic Opiatesc 19001940
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Morphine
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Medical culture miracle cures and magic pills
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the Opium War
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Opium for the People Status Space and Consumption c 18401940
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Varities of opium
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Estimates of opium consumption
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Opium a social status
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Opium consumption and consumer taste
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The myth of the opium den
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Opium for the people
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Opium and suicide
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The Best Possible and Sure Shield Opium Disease and Epidemics c 18401900
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Opium as a medical panacea
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Prophylactic smoke and infectious diseases
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Opium narcotine and malaria
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Opium as a social aphrodisiac
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War on Drugs Prohibition and the Rise of Narcophobia c 18801940
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Missionary debates on prohibition
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The Royal Commission on Opium
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Nationalism and prohibition in late imperial China
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Narcophobia and the opium plague in republican China
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Curing the Addict Prohibition and Detoxification c 18801940
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Miracle cures in the nineteenth century
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The gentle drug
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The mysterious red pills
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Golden elixirs and white powders
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Heroin as a global commodity
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The resilience of opium smoking
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Needle Lore The Syringe in China c 18901950
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Needle culture
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Hypodermic morphine and the magic needle
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Syringes vaccines patents and quacks
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Narcotic culture and the syringe
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Chinas Other Drugs c 19001950
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Cocaine and ephedrine
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Cannabis
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The cigarette
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Secondary sources
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Character List
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Other editions - View all
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Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China Frank Dikötter,Lars Laamann,Zhou Xun No preview available - 2004 |
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Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China Frank Dikötter,Lars Laamann,Zhou Xun No preview available - 2004 |
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