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The first book-length study of opium suppression in twentieth century China... The book presents much useful information on the topic. Journal Of Asian Studies Zhou is practically effective at showing how the circumstances leading to the Opium Wars and China's humiliating defeat have provided a leitmotif for all subsequent discourse concerning narcotics. Zhou does a convincing job of illustrating his main contention-that anti-drug disclosure and anti-drug activity are most fruitfully examined in their social, cultural, and political contexts. Many of his points are so well made that they beg for comparative studies that would allow scholars to see whether the explanatory tools that work so well for China apply in other settings. Drug researchers as well as anthropologists and students of China will find this book worth reading. American Ethnologist This is a handy and informative book on an important aspect of 20th-century China. China Quarterly This is a useful and readable book. Succinctly and lucidly written, Anti-Drug Crusades in Twentieth-Century China tells an interesting story that will be welcomed by China scholars and all those interested in narcotics research. China Journal

The first book-length study of opium suppression in twentieth century China... The book presents much useful information on the topic. Journal of Asian Studies Zhou is practically effective at showing how the circumstances leading to the Opium Wars and China's humiliating defeat have provided a leitmotif for all subsequent discourse concerning narcotics. Zhou does a convincing job of illustrating his main contention-that anti-drug disclosure and anti-drug activity are most fruitfully examined in their social, cultural, and political contexts. Many of his points are so well made that they beg for comparative studies that would allow scholars to see whether the explanatory tools that work so well for China apply in other settings. Drug researchers as well as anthropologists and students of China will find this book worth reading. American Ethnologist This is a handy and informative book on an important aspect of 20th-century China. China Quarterly This is a useful and readable book. Succinctly and lucidly written, Anti-Drug Crusades in Twentieth-Century China tells an interesting story that will be welcomed by China scholars and all those interested in narcotics research. China Journal

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Zhou Yongming is associate professor of anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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