Fall of the God of Money - Opium Smoking in Nineteenth-Century China

Informationen zum Autor By Keith McMahon Klappentext In this first truly cross-cultural study of opium, Keith McMahon considers the perspectives of both smokers and non-smokers from China and the Euro-West and from both sides of the issue of opium prohibition. The author stages a dramatic confrontation between the Chinese opium user and the Euro-Westerner who saw in opium the image of an uncanny Asiatic menace. The rise of the opium demon meant the fall of the god of money, that is, Chinese money, and the irreversible trend in which Confucianism gave way to Christianity. The book explores early Western observations of opium smoking, 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. Zusammenfassung A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking! 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 in China.

Product details

• Authors: Keith McMahon, McMahon Keith
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2002
• EAN: 9780742518025
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1802-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects