02705nam 2200613Ia 450 991080806090332120200520144314.00-7914-8075-51-4294-6376-7(CKB)1000000000472566(OCoLC)123234077(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575968(SSID)ssj0000121453(PQKBManifestationID)11142241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121453(PQKBWorkID)10110369(PQKB)10075215(MdBmJHUP)muse6487(Au-PeEL)EBL3407542(CaPaEBR)ebr10575968(OCoLC)923405289(DE-B1597)682258(DE-B1597)9780791480755(MiAaPQ)EBC3407542(EXLCZ)99100000000047256620060127d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Chinese and opium under the Republic worse than floods and wild beasts /Alan Baumler1st ed.Albany, NY State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (312 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6954-9 0-7914-6953-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.Intro -- The Chinese and Opium under the Republic -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Worse Than Floods and Wild Beasts: Opium, Politics, and Society in Republican China -- 1. Establishing a Meaning for Opium -- 2. The Narrative of Addiction in China and the West -- 3. The International Campaign against Opium -- 4. Warlords and Opium -- 5. Opium, the Nation,and the Revolution -- 6. Hankou, the Anti-Opium Inspectorate, and Control of the Opium Trade -- 7.Purifying the People andDefending the State: The Six Year Plan to Eliminate Opium -- 8. Defining Drugs -- 9. War, Poppies, and the Completion of the Plan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Examines China's attempts to control the opium economy in the early twentieth century.Opium tradeChinaDrug trafficChinaOpium tradeDrug traffic363.45095109041Baumler Alan1965-1695623MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808060903321The Chinese and opium under the Republic4074976UNINA