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Author Lodwick, Kathleen L.

Title Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Opium in China in the Late Nineteenth Century; TWO: Missionaries Organize to Oppose Opium; THREE: The Pro-Opium Forces and Government Investigations; FOUR: The Anti-Opium Lobby Comes of Age; FIVE: Success and Failures of Opium Suppression; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary Opium addiction in China during the closing decades of the Ch'ing dynasty afflicted all segments of society. From government officials to farmers, the population fell prey to the effects of the drug. Some provinces reported addiction rates as high as eighty percent. With the birth of Chinese nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use le.
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Subject Opium War (China : 1840-1842)
Protestant churches -- Missions -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Protestant churches -- Missions.
China.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Protestant churches -- Missions -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Opium trade -- China -- History -- 19th century.
Opium trade.
Opium trade -- China -- History -- 20th century.
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
China -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Politics and government.
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1999
Indexed Term China 19th century Politics and government
China 20th century Politics and government
China History Opium war, 1840-1842
Opium trade History 19th century China
Opium trade History 20th century China
Protestant churches Missions History 19th century China
Protestant churches Missions History 20th century China
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lodwick, Kathleen L. Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813119243
ISBN 9780813149684 (electronic book)
0813149681 (electronic book)