Opium, State, and Society: China's Narco-Economy and the Guomindang, 1924-1937

by Edward R. Slack Jr.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823613
• ISBN13: 9780824823610
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"