LEADER 03590nam 2200649 450 001 9910453954403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95748-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520957480 035 $a(CKB)2550000001161533 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041086 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11601187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041086 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11008988 035 $a(PQKB)10328325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1543761 035 $a(DE-B1597)521006 035 $a(OCoLC)868977449 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520957480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1543761 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10797449 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL544627 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001161533 100 $a20131017h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMoral nation $emodern Japan and narcotics in global history /$fMiriam Kingsberg 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (325 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aAsia: Local Studies / Global Themes ;$v29 225 0$aAsia--local studies/global themes ;$v29 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-27673-6 311 $a1-306-13376-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMoral crusade in Meiji Japan -- Drug users in the epicenter of consumption -- Cultural producers and the Japanese empire -- Cultural producers and Manchukuo -- Merchants -- Law enforcement -- Laboratory scientists -- Medical doctors -- Moral panic in postwar Japan. 330 $aThis trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for political legitimacy in nations and empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Japan underwent three distinct crises of sovereignty in its modern history: in the 1890's, during the interwar period, and in the 1950's. Each crisis provoked successively escalating crusades against opium and other drugs, in which moral entrepreneurs--bureaucrats, cultural producers, merchants, law enforcement, scientists, and doctors, among others--focused on drug use as a means of distinguishing between populations fit and unfit for self-rule. Moral Nation traces the instrumental role of ideologies about narcotics in the country's efforts to reestablish its legitimacy as a nation and empire. As Kingsberg demonstrates, Japan's growing status as an Asian power and a "moral nation" expanded the notion of "civilization" from an exclusively Western value to a universal one. Scholars and students of Japanese history, Asian studies, world history, and global studies will gain an in-depth understanding of how Japan's experience with narcotics influenced global standards for sovereignty and shifted the aim of nation building, making it no longer a strictly political activity but also a moral obligation to society. 606 $aDrug abuse$xSocial aspects$zJapan$xHistory 606 $aDrug traffic$zJapan$xHistory 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1868- 607 $aJapan$xMoral conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDrug abuse$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aDrug traffic$xHistory. 676 $a362.29/30952 700 $aKingsberg$b Miriam$f1981-$01040990 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453954403321 996 $aMoral nation$92464237 997 $aUNINA