The Social Life of Opium in China
Author:   Zheng Yangwen (National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9780511819575


Publication Date:   05 June 2012
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Author:   Zheng Yangwen (National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511819575


ISBN 10:   0511819579
Publication Date:   05 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
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Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. 'The art of alchemists, sex and court ladies'; 2. As the Empire changed hands; 3. 'The age of calicos and tea and opium'; 4. 'A hobby among the high and the low and the officialdom'; 5. Taste-making and trend-setting; 6. The political redefinition of opium consumption; 7. Outward and downward 'liquidation'; 8. 'The volume of smoke and powder'; 9. 'The unofficial history of the poppy'; 10. The opiate of the people; 11. The road to St. Louis; 12. 'Shanghai vice'.

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'A forthcoming book by Yangwen Zheng, The Social Life of Opium (Cambridge University Press) makes a perfect complement to this one, as it concentrates much more on the 1500-1911 period ...'. History Today This ambitious social history of life history of opium consumption in China contributes to a growing scholarship on the subject. Yangwen traces the transformation of opium from a medicinal to a recreational drug. The author also examines the relationship of opium to women and gender, the sex industry, and literature, as well as many other facets of modern Chinese history. Choice The book's most notable contributions to the growing literature on opium in China are its lengthy chronological scope, its intriguing and effective interdisciplinary approach, and its wide range of previously untapped sources...a lively and readable volume...Zheng has done an admirable job of opening up a new avenue of inquiry into a complex topic. --Joyce A. Madancy, Union College: Journal of Interdisciplinary History


'A forthcoming book by Yangwen Zheng, The Social Life of Opium (Cambridge University Press) makes a perfect complement to this one, as it concentrates much more on the 1500-1911 period ...'. History Today


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Zheng Yangwen is a Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore. She received her PhD from Cambridge University in 2001.

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