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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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) |
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Protestant churches -- Missions. |
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China. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Opium trade -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Opium trade. |
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Opium trade -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
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China -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Politics and government. |
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China -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800 - 1999 |
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China 19th century Politics and government |
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China 20th century Politics and government |
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China History Opium war, 1840-1842 |
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Opium trade History 19th century China |
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Opium trade History 20th century China |
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Protestant churches Missions History 19th century China |
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Protestant churches Missions History 20th century China |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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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) |
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0813149681 (electronic book) |
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