This book examines the crisis from the perspective of Qing prohibition efforts. The author argues that opium prohibition, and not the opium wars, was genuinely imperial in scale and is hence much more representative of the actual drug problem faced by Qing administrators. The study of prohibition also permits a more comprehensive and accurate observation of the economics and criminology of opium. The Qing drug traffic involved the domestic production, distribution, and consumption of opium. A balanced examination of the opium market and state anti-drug policy in terms of prohibition reveals the importance of the empire's landlocked western frontier regions, which were the domestic production centers, in what has previously been considered an essentially coastal problem.
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This book examines the crisis from the perspective of Qing prohibition efforts. The author argues that opium prohibition, and not the opium wars, was genuinely imperial in scale and is hence much more representative of the actual drug problem faced by Qing administrators. The study of prohibition also permits a more comprehensive and accurate observation of the economics and criminology of opium. The Qing drug traffic involved the domestic production, distribution, and consumption of opium. A balanced examination of the opium market and state anti-drug policy in terms of prohibition reveals the importance of the empire's landlocked western frontier regions, which were the domestic production centers, in what has previously been considered an essentially coastal problem.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
Release date | April 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | April 2005 |
Authors | David Anthony Bello |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 376 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01649-1 |
Barcode | 9780674016491 |
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LSN | 0-674-01649-1 |