Opium and the Limits of Empire: Drug Prohibition in the Chinese Interior, 1729-1850

by David Anthony Bello

The British opium trade along China's seacoast has come to symbolize China's century-long descent into political and social chaos. In the standard historical narrative, opium is the primary medium... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016491
• ISBN13: 9780674016491
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"