Opium, State, and Society: China's Narco-economy and the Guomindang, 1924-1937Annotation Surprisingly little has been written about the complicated relationship between opium and China and its people. Opium, State, and Society goes a long way toward illuminating this relationship in the Republican period, when all levels of Chinese society -- from peasants to school teachers, merchants, warlords, and ministers of finance -- were physically or economically dependent on the drug. The centerpiece of this study is an investigation of the symbiotic relationship that evolved between opium and the Guomindang's rise to power in the years 1924-1937. Based solidly on a previously untapped reservoir of archival sources from the People's Republic and Taiwan, this work critically analyzes the complex realities of a government policy that vacillated between prohibition and legalization, and ultimately sought to curtail the cultivation, sale, and consumption of opium through a government monopoly. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
The Effects of Opium on Chinese Society | 34 |
Guomindang Opium Policy during the Height of Warlordism | 63 |
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Opium, State, and Society: China's Narco-economy and the Guomindang, 1924-1937 Edward R. Slack No preview available - 2001 |
Opium, State, and Society: China's Narco-Economy and the Guomindang, 1924-1937 Edward R. Slack No preview available - 2000 |
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