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• catalog abstract ""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 communism. But, as Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early nineteenth century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition." "In a stunning historical reversal, Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, and Zhou Xun tell this different story of the relationship between opium and the Chinese. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and appreciated in highly complex rituals with inbuilt constraints preventing excessive use. Opium was even used as a medicinal panacea in China before the availability of aspirin and penicillin. But as a result of the British effort to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances. Narcotic Culture provides abundant evidence that the transition from a tolerated opium culture to a system of prohibition produced a " cure" that was far worse than the disease."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13189421.
• catalog contributor b13189422.
• catalog contributor b13189423.
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description ""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 communism. But, as Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early nineteenth century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition." "In a stunning historical reversal, Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, and Zhou Xun tell this different story of the relationship between opium and the Chinese. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and appreciated in highly complex rituals with inbuilt constraints preventing excessive use. Opium was even used as a medicinal panacea in China before the availability of aspirin and penicillin. But as a result of the British effort to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances. Narcotic Culture provides abundant evidence that the transition from a tolerated opium culture to a system of prohibition produced a " cure" that was far worse than the disease."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-306) and index.".
• catalog description "The global spread of psychoactive substances (c. 1600-1900) -- Opium before the 'Opium War' (c. 1600-1840) -- Opium for the people : status, space and consumption (c. 1840-1940) -- The best possible and sure shield : Opium, disease and epidemics (c. 1840-1940) -- War on drugs : prohibition and the rise of narcophobia (c. 1880-1940) -- Curing the addict : prohibition and detoxification (c. 1880-1940) -- Pills and powders : the spread of semi-synthetic opiates (c. 1900-1940) -- Needle lore : the syringe in China (c. 1890-1950) -- China's other drugs (c. 1900-1950).".
• catalog extent "xi, 319 p., , [10] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0226149056 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog language "engchi".
• catalog publisher "London : Hurst & Company,".
• catalog spatial "China".
• catalog spatial "China.".
• catalog subject "2004 F-662".
• catalog subject "394.1/4 22".
• catalog subject "Cultural Characteristics China.".
• catalog subject "Drug addiction China History.".
• catalog subject "Drug and Narcotic Control China.".
• catalog subject "Drug control China History.".
• catalog subject "HV5840.C6 D55 2004".
• catalog subject "Narcotics China History.".
• catalog subject "Narcotics history China.".
• catalog subject "Opioid-Related Disorders China History.".
• catalog subject "Opioid-Related Disorders history China.".
• catalog subject "Opioid-Related Disorders prevention & control China.".
• catalog subject "Opium China History.".
• catalog subject "Opium abuse China History.".
• catalog subject "Opium history China.".
• catalog subject "WM 286 D575n 2004".
• catalog tableOfContents "The global spread of psychoactive substances (c. 1600-1900) -- Opium before the 'Opium War' (c. 1600-1840) -- Opium for the people : status, space and consumption (c. 1840-1940) -- The best possible and sure shield : Opium, disease and epidemics (c. 1840-1940) -- War on drugs : prohibition and the rise of narcophobia (c. 1880-1940) -- Curing the addict : prohibition and detoxification (c. 1880-1940) -- Pills and powders : the spread of semi-synthetic opiates (c. 1900-1940) -- Needle lore : the syringe in China (c. 1890-1950) -- China's other drugs (c. 1900-1950).".
• catalog title "Narcotic culture : a history of drugs in China / Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, Zhou Xun.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".