From smokers to addicts : a history of opium and its users in Taiwan

This thesis is a historical account of opium and its users in Taiwan. It analyses how opium smoking became popular, and details the mechanisms that led it to be universally regarded as an unacceptable evil on the island. Taking a user- and material-oriented approach, this research focuses on the dai...

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Main Author: Hsu, Hung Bin
Published: SOAS, University of London 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497850