The Asian Origins of Global Narcotics Control, c. 1860-1909

This dissertation traces the ferment of private ressentiment, public protest and political response to the Asian opium trade from the "Second Opium War (1856-60) to the first, multilateral anti-drug summit in human history, the International Opium Commission in Shanghai (1909). Rather than isol...

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Main Author: Rimner, Steffen
Other Authors: Manela, Erez
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11587
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274626