The fall of the god of money

The fall of the god of money

opium smoking in nineteenth-century China

In this first cross-cultural study of opium in China, McMahon explores early Western observations of opium smoking, early definitions of addiction, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions among male and female smokers and smokers of all social levels in 19th-century China.

McMahon, K.

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

2002