Narcotic Culture

Acknowledgments
Conventions
1. Introduction
2. The Global Spread of Psychoactive Substances (c. 1600-1900)
3. Opium before the 'Opium War' (c. 1600-1840)
4. Opium for the People: Status, Space and Consumption (c. 1840-1940)
5. 'The Best Possible and Sure Shield': Opium, Disease and Epidemics (c. 1840-1940)
6. War on Drugs: Prohibition and the Rise of Narcophobia (c. 1880-1940)
7. Curing the Addict: Prohibition and Detoxification
8. Pills and Powders: The Spread of Semi-Synthetic Opiates (c. 1900-1940)
9. Needle Lore: The Syringe in China (c. 1890-1950)
10. China's Other Drugs (c. 1900-1950)
11. Conclusion
Bibliography
Character List
Index