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Narcotic culture : a history of drugs in China / Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, Zhou Xun Dikötter, Frank

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Dikötter, Frank
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Drug addiction - China - History.; Drug control - China - History.; Subculture - China - History.
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Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Global Spread of Psychoactive Substances (c. 1600-1900)
  • 3. Opium before the 'Opium War' (c. 1600-1840)
  • 4. Opium for the People: Statues, Space and Consumption (c. 1840-1940)
  • 5. 'The Best Possible and Sure Shield': Opium, Disease and Epidemics (c. 1840-1940)
  • 6. War on Drugs: Prohibition and the Rise of Narcophobia (c. 1880-1940)
  • 7. Curing the Addict: Prohibition and Detoxification (c. 1880-1940)
  • 8. Pills and Powders: The Spread of Semi-Synthetic Opiates (c. 1900-1940)
  • 9. Needle Lore: The Syringe in China (c. 1890-1950)
  • 10. China's Other Drugs (c. 1900-1950)
  • 11. Conclusion.
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