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1. fivebooks.com › best-books › opium-war-julia-lovellThe best books on The Opium War - Five Books

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   by Julia Lovell. Read. 1 Narcotic Culture by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann and Zhou Xun. 2 Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy by Carl Trocki. 3 The Opium War by Peter Ward Fay. 4 The Inner Opium War by James Polachek. 5 Britain’s Gulag by Caroline Elkins.

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2. www.goodreads.com › book › showOpium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World

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   Mar 5, 2019 · Kindle $14.99. From a psychiatrist on the frontlines of addiction medicine and an expert on the history of drug use, comes the "authoritative, engaging, and accessible" (Booklist) history of the flower that helped to build -- and now threatens -- modern society.Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/02/13 › booksBook Review: ‘Smoke and Ashes,’ by Amitav Ghosh - The New ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · The “Opium Department” took control of the details of the business, especially in the East, forcing more than a million peasant households to plant a white opium poppy monoculture.

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5. www.amazon.ca › Opium-Pleasure-Other-MattersOn Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance

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   Amazing book! The opium crisis is so often discussed in shallow and sensationalist terms, but this book manages to examine its complexities with both compassion and a keen eye. It combines personal experiences and factual analysis with a beautiful, poetic voice and sharp sense of the real meanings behind every aspect.

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6. www.washingtonpost.com › books › 2024/02/08Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Smoke and Ashes’ is a riveting history of ...

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   Feb 8, 2024 · A riveting new history of opium, a lucrative and destructive flower. Amitav Ghosh’s sweeping, forcefully written ‘Smoke and Ashes’ covers centuries in the life of the plant. Opium poppy and ...

7. www.amazon.ca › Opium-History-Martin-Booth › dpOpium: A History: Booth, Martin: 9780312206673: Books - Amazon.ca

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   Jun 12, 1999 · Opium: A History. Paperback – June 12 1999. by Martin Booth (Author) 4.3 126 ratings. See all formats and editions. Known to mankind since prehistoric times, opium is arguably the oldest and most widely used narcotic. Opium: A History traces the drug's astounding impact on world culture-from its religious use by prehistoric peoples to its ...

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   What is the history of opium?

   • The history of opium is traced in Opium: A History, from its religious use by prehistoric peoples to its influence on the imaginations of the Romantic writers; from the earliest medical science to the Sino-British opium wars.

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   Was opium a narcotic?

   • This book is very informative and thought-provoking in its discussions of the substance over which the war was fought. Opium was an illegal narcotic in China from the 18th century onwards, and the Chinese state crackdown against it particularly intensified during the 1830s.

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   Is the Opium War still useful?

   • A more recent example of how the Opium War is still useful as a historical narrative in contemporary political discourse came on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. One of the first events that Hu Jintao mentioned in his keynote speech about the history of the Party was the Opium War.

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   Is the Opium War a 'century of humiliation'?

   • One of those consequences, which you nuance especially well in your new book The Opium War, is the legacy of what’s called “the century of humiliation”. In China today, from a young age people are taught to view the Opium War as the tragic inauguration of modern Chinese history.

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   What is the legacy of the Opium War?

   • This collision with Great Britain violently brought China into a modern, Eurocentric world system, and in a way we’re still dealing with the consequences of this today. One of those consequences, which you nuance especially well in your new book The Opium War, is the legacy of what’s called “the century of humiliation”.

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   What did the Opium Department do?

   • The “Opium Department” took control of the details of the business, especially in the East, forcing more than a million peasant households to plant a white opium poppy monoculture. At one end of this continuum of stable production and supply was a sophisticated bureaucracy of informants and strict quotas; on the other were fortresslike factories.

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9. www.goodreads.com › book › showOpium: A History by Martin Booth - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · The book is exactly what it's title claims, a history of opium. Due to its descriptions on how opium has been abused globally, the book may appear boring. But for people honestly curious about the history of the product that is looked at with hope by people in pain and with dread by society in general, this is a must read.