Crusaders against opium : Protestant missionaries in China, 1874-1917 / / Kathleen L. Lodwick
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| Autore: |
Lodwick Kathleen L.
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| Titolo: |
Crusaders against opium : Protestant missionaries in China, 1874-1917 / / Kathleen L. Lodwick
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
| ©1996 | |
| Edizione: | Paperback edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.29/3/0951 |
| Soggetto topico: | Protestant churches - Missions - China - History - 19th century |
| Protestant churches - Missions - China - History - 20th century | |
| Opium trade - China - History - 19th century | |
| Opium trade - China - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | China History Opium War, 1840-1842 |
| China Politics and government 19th century | |
| China Politics and government 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Opium in China in the Late Nineteenth Century; TWO: Missionaries Organize to Oppose Opium; THREE: The Pro-Opium Forces and Government Investigations; FOUR: The Anti-Opium Lobby Comes of Age; FIVE: Success and Failures of Opium Suppression; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Opium addiction in China during the closing decades of the Ch'ing dynasty afflicted all segments of society. From government officials to farmers, the population fell prey to the effects of the drug. Some provinces reported addiction rates as high as eighty percent.With the birth of Chinese nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use le |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crusaders against opium |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-9285-4 |
| 0-8131-4968-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787208303321 |
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