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Living on Borrowed Time Opium in Canton, 1906–1936 / Xavier Paules ; translated by Noel Castelino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paules, Xavier (1973-....)., Author.
- Series:
- China Research Monograph Series
- China research monograph ; 74
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire d'une drogue en sursis. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Opium--Politique publique--Chine--20e siecle.
- Opium.
- Opiomanie--Chine--20e siecle.
- Opiomanie.
- Opium--Industrie et commerce--Chine--Canton (Chine).
- Opium--Consommation--Chine--20e siecle.
- Opium trade.
- Drug traffic.
- Drug traffic--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.
- Opium trade--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 vol. X-334 p.) : ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : Institute of East Asian Studies, [2017].
- Summary:
- This comprehensive microhistory of opium in Canton from the late Qing to Republican period examines the infamous drug from the perspective of material, political, economic, and social history. Paulès traces the transformation of the drug from elite habit to national shame, arguing that the marginalization of opium occurred well before 1949. This monograph covers the drug's material history and practices, the contradictory politics and economics of opium revenue, the spaces of consumption, and anti-opium propanganda that created the image of the degenerate opium smoker. Translated from the original French, Histoire d'une drogue en sursis: L'opium à Canton, 1906-1936 (EHESS, 2010).
- Contents:
- Cover
- Notes to this edition
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Romanization
- Currency and weights
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Material and Structural History
- 2. Opium Eradication as a Feasible Goal, 1906-1923
- 3. An Indispensable Source of Revenue, 1923-1936
- 4. The Geography of Consumption
- 5. Life in the Opium Houses
- 6. Opium in the Collective Mind during the Republican Period: The Imperfect Victory of Propaganda
- 7. An X-ray of the Opium Smoker
- Conclusion
- Biographies
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-55729-174-8
- OCLC:
- 1273306282
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