Social Life of Opium in China

Name: Social Life of Opium in China
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ISBN: 9780521608565

ISBN-10: 0521608562

ISBN-13: 9780521608565

Edition: 2005

Authors: Zheng Yangwen

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The history of Opium in China begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when as a tribute from vassal states, it was initially used as an aphrodisiac in the Ming court. The Chinese then began to collectively redefine the foreign recreational resource's usage and created a complex culture around its comsumption. This book traces the transformation over a period of five hundred years, revealing the nature of Opium's introduction and development in China as a universal cultural institution.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of maps


List of tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



'The art of alchemists, sex and court ladies'



As the empire changed hands



'The age of calicoes and tea and opium'



'A hobby among the high and the low in officialdom'



Taste-making and trendsetting



The political redefinition of opium consumption



Outward and downward 'liquidation'



'The volume of smoke and powder'



'The unofficial history of the poppy'



Opiate of the people



The road to St Louis



'Shanghai vice'


Conclusion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography