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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

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 o

An intriguing historical examination of China's widespread opium epidemic

"This book takes an integrative approach to the understanding of drug use and its relationship to social-cultural factors. It is lucidly and powerfully argued a

This trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for political legitimacy in nations and empires