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The truth about opium smoking : with illustrations of the manufacture of opium, etc. / [B. Broomhall].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HV5816 .B76 1882
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broomhall, B. (Benjamin), 1829-1911.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opium.
- Opium abuse.
- Opium trade.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- China.
- China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hodder & Stroughton, 1882.
- Contents:
- Introduction / B. Broomhall
- Proceedings at conference on opium-smoking
- Proceedings at public meeting on opium-smoking
- Answers to excuses for the opium trade
- The opium monopoly
- The opium trade and British commerce
- The opium trade as now carried on a national sin, which must bring retribution
- Protest of the late R. Montgomery Martin, Esq.
- Letter from Sir Arthur Cotton
- Important testimonies
- Parliamentary action
- Signs of progress in public enlightenment
- The chief excuse.
- Notes:
- Sixth thousand.
- "Proceedings at a meeting held in the Council Room, Exeter Hall, London, on Wednesday, March 15, 1882": pages [17]-63.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Allan G. Chester and Florence K. Chester Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Broomhall, B. (Benjamin), 1829-1911. Truth about opium smoking.
- OCLC:
- 5880855
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