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Narcotic Culture - A History Of Drugs In China
London, The University of Chicago Press, 2004. 1 volumn, hard-cover with dust-jacket, in-8, XI-319 pp., 20 illustrations, a very good copy.
Contents: Introduction - The Global Spread of Psychoactive Substances - 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, Diisease 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) - Conclusion.
