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Author : Joseph Edkins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Opium: Historical Note by : Joseph Edkins
Download or read book Opium: Historical Note written by Joseph Edkins and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the cultivation, uses and adverse effects of opium in the Far East and Middle East.
Author : Joseph Edkins
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ISBN 13 : 9781462261772
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (617 download)
Book Synopsis Opium: Historical Note by : Joseph Edkins
Download or read book Opium: Historical Note written by Joseph Edkins and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardcover reprint of the original 1898 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Edkins, Joseph. Opium: Historical Note, Or, The Poppy In China. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Edkins, Joseph. Opium: Historical Note, Or, The Poppy In China, . Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1898. Subject: Opium Abuse
Author : China Hai Kuan Tsung Shui Wu Ssu Shu
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781342915924
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (159 download)
Book Synopsis Opium by : China Hai Kuan Tsung Shui Wu Ssu Shu
Download or read book Opium written by China Hai Kuan Tsung Shui Wu Ssu Shu and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Joseph 1823-1905 Edkins
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015224438
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (244 download)
Book Synopsis Opium by : Joseph 1823-1905 Edkins
Download or read book Opium written by Joseph 1823-1905 Edkins and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466853972
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Book Synopsis Opium by : Martin Booth
Download or read book Opium written by Martin Booth and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known to mankind since prehistoric times, opium is arguably the oldest and most widely used narcotic. Opium: A History traces the drug's astounding impact on world culture--from its religious use by prehistoric peoples to its influence on the imaginations of the Romantic writers; from the earliest medical science to the Sino-British opium wars. And, in the present day, as the addict population rises and penetrates every walk of life, Opium shows how the international multibillion-dollar heroin industry operates with terrifying efficiency and forms an integral part of the world's money markets. In this first full-length history of opium, acclaimed author Martin Booth uncovers the multifaceted nature of this remarkable narcotic and the bittersweet effects of a simple poppy with a deadly legacy.
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Download or read book Opium written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chine. Inspectorate general of customs. Statistical department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Opium. Historical Note, Or the Poppy in China by : Chine. Inspectorate general of customs. Statistical department
Download or read book Opium. Historical Note, Or the Poppy in China written by Chine. Inspectorate general of customs. Statistical department and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Book Synopsis Opium: Historical Note by : China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Download or read book Opium: Historical Note written by China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John H. Halpern
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316417653
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Book Synopsis Opium by : John H. Halpern
Download or read book Opium written by John H. Halpern and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a psychiatrist on the frontlines of addiction medicine and an expert on the history of drug use comes the "authoritative, engaging, and accessible" history of the flower that helped to build (Booklist) -- and now threatens -- modern society. Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2018, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even as the overdose crisis ravages our nation -- straining our prison system, dividing families, and defying virtually every legislative solution to treat it -- few understand how it came to be. Opium tells the "fascinating" (Lit Hub) and at times harrowing tale of how we arrived at today's crisis, "mak[ing] timely and startling connections among painkillers, politics, finance, and society" (Laurence Bergreen). The story begins with the discovery of poppy artifacts in ancient Mesopotamia, and goes on to explore how Greek physicians and obscure chemists discovered opium's effects and refined its power, how colonial empires marketed it around the world, and eventually how international drug companies developed a range of powerful synthetic opioids that led to an epidemic of addiction. Throughout, Dr. John Halpern and David Blistein reveal the fascinating role that opium has played in building our modern world, from trade networks to medical protocols to drug enforcement policies. Most importantly, they disentangle how crucial misjudgments, patterns of greed, and racial stereotypes served to transform one of nature's most effective painkillers into a source of unspeakable pain -- and how, using the insights of history, state-of-the-art science, and a compassionate approach to the illness of addiction, we can overcome today's overdose epidemic. This urgent and masterfully woven narrative tells an epic story of how one beautiful flower became the fascination of leaders, tycoons, and nations through the centuries and in their hands exposed the fragility of our civilization. An NPR Best Book of the Year"A landmark project." -- Dr. Andrew Weil"Engrossing and highly readable." -- Sam Quinones"An astonishing journey through time and space." -- Julie Holland, MD"The most important, provocative, and challenging book I've read in a long time." -- Laurence Bergreen
Author : Anonymous
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783744691994
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (919 download)
Book Synopsis Opium: Historical Note on the Poppy in China by : Anonymous
Download or read book Opium: Historical Note on the Poppy in China written by Anonymous and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opium: Historical Note on the Poppy in China - II.-Special, Series No. 13 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Timothy Brook
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520222366
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (223 download)
Book Synopsis Opium Regimes by : Timothy Brook
Download or read book Opium Regimes written by Timothy Brook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-09-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opium Regimes draws on a range of research to show that the opium trade was not purely a British operation, but involved Chinese merchants and state agents, and Japanese imperial agents as well.
Author : P. E. Caquet
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789145589
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
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Download or read book Opium’s Orphans written by P. E. Caquet and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upending all we know about the war on drugs, a history of the anti-narcotics movement’s origins, evolution, and questionable effectiveness. Opium’s Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the “war on drugs.” A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the globe. But has the war on drugs succeeded? As opioid deaths and cartel violence run rampant, contestation becomes more vocal, and marijuana is slated for legalization, Opium's Orphans proposes that it is time to go back to the drawing board.
Author : Lucy Inglis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130951
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Book Synopsis Milk of Paradise by : Lucy Inglis
Download or read book Milk of Paradise written by Lucy Inglis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the “Milk of Paradise” for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain—and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is an agricultural product that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip, or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today’s synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine, and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging, and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.
Author : Frank Dikötter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226149059
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)
Book Synopsis Narcotic Culture by : Frank Dikötter
Download or read book Narcotic Culture written by Frank Dikötter and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-04-16 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilization defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium—a drug that turned the Chinese into cadaverous addicts in the iron grip of dependence. Britain, in an effort to reverse the damage caused by opium addiction, launched its own version of the "war on drugs," which lasted roughly sixty years, from 1880 to World War II and the beginning of Chinese communism. But, as Narcotic Culture brilliantly shows, the real scandal in Chinese history was not the expansion of the drug trade by Britain in the early nineteenth century, but rather the failure of the British to grasp the consequences of prohibition. In a stunning historical reversal, Frank Dikötter, Lars Laamann, and Zhou Xun tell this different story of the relationship between opium and the Chinese. They reveal that opium actually had few harmful effects on either health or longevity; in fact, it was prepared and appreciated in highly complex rituals with inbuilt constraints preventing excessive use. Opium was even used as a medicinal panacea in China before the availability of aspirin and penicillin. But as a result of the British effort to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances. Narcotic Culture provides abundant evidence that the transition from a tolerated opium culture to a system of prohibition produced a "cure" that was far worse than the disease. Delving into a history of drugs and their abuses, Narcotic Culture is part revisionist history of imperial and twentieth-century Britain and part sobering portrait of the dangers of prohibition.
Author : Mildred Pellens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Book Synopsis Notes on the History of Opium by : Mildred Pellens
Download or read book Notes on the History of Opium written by Mildred Pellens and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Booth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Opium by : Martin Booth
Download or read book Opium written by Martin Booth and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the drug opium examines its multi-faceted nature, spanning centuries and continents. The book explores the cultivation, spread, usages and influences of the drug which has, on one hand, led to the use of heroin, and on the other, is an income for peasant farmers in the Third World.
