Social life of opium in china, the
Auteur :
Yangwen, Zheng
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521846080
Date de publication :
8 sept. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Tracing the transformation of opium from medicine to narcotic over a period of five hundred years, asking who introduced opium to China, how it spread across all sections of society. Accompanied by a fascinating collection of illustrations, this study offers a vivid and alternative perspective on life in China.