7%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
Frank Dikötter
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilisation defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium - a drug that turned the Chinese into cadaverous addicts in the iron grip of dependence. But, as this new edition of Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early nineteenth century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and ... Read more
To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilisation defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium - a drug that turned the Chinese into cadaverous addicts in the iron grip of dependence. But, as this new edition of Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early nineteenth century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849044721
SKU
V9781849044721
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Frank Dikötter
Frank Dikotter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and the author of nine books about the history of China, including Mao's Great Famine, which won the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non- fiction in 2011. Zhou Xun is a research fellow at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Lars Laamann is ... Read more
Reviews for Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
'[An] informative, scholarly and dispassionately fascinating book. ... Narcotic Culture explodes various myths surrounding the use of opium in nineteenth and early twentieth century China.'
Justin Wintle, The Independent
Justin Wintle, The Independent