Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy

副标题: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade (Asia's Transformations)

ISBN: 9780415215008

出版社: Routledge

出版年: 1999-10-20

页数: 224

定价: USD 59.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind, this book will be fascinating reading for historians, social scientists, as well as those involved in Asian studies, or economic history.