Fall of the God of Money Opium Smoking in Nineteenth-Century China

Name: Fall of the God of Money Opium Smoking in Nineteenth-Century China
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ISBN: 9780742518032

ISBN-10: 0742518035

ISBN-13: 9780742518032

Edition: 2002

Authors: Keith McMahon

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A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China, this text explores early western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China.

Book details

List price: $54.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.84" wide x 8.96" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction to "Western Smoke"



A Short History of Opium Smoking in China



Westerners' Intercourse with China



Westerners on Opium and the Chinese



Zhang Changjia's Yanhua, "Opium Talk" (1878)



Eaten by Wild Dogs: Opium in Late Qing Fiction



"Why the Chinese Smoked Opium"



Yanhua, "Opium Talk," by Zhang Changjia of Jinshan County, Jiangsu Province


List of Characters


Bibliography


Index


About the Author