The social life of opium in China - Zheng, Yangwen (Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press, 2005)
'The art of alchemists, sex and court ladies' -- As the empire changed hands -- 'The age of calicoes and tea and opium' -- 'A hobby among the high and the low in officialdom' -- Taste-making and trendsetting -- The political redefinition of opium consumption -- Outward and downward 'liquidation' -- 'The volume of smoke and powder' -- 'The unofficial history of the poppy' -- Opiate of the people -- The road to St. Louis -- 'Shanghai vice'
UCASM-1438 (UCASM001438)
Includes bibliographical references (225-236) and index.
Keywords: Opium abuse -- China -- History