Virginia Berridge on Opium addiction in the 19th century弗吉尼亚·贝里奇 (Virginia Berridge) 谈 19 世纪鸦片成瘾 Virginia Berridge, author of 'Demons: Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs', discusses the widespread yet little known cultur
Addiction had its origin in the 19th century, specifically through the concept of inebriety, so far as opium was concerned. For nicotine, the concept of addiction is a more recent arrival. The paper identifies a number of factors which have contributed to the different trajectories. These ...
Throughout the 19th century, the problem of opium addiction got worse and worse in eastern China. It wasn’t just the British. In 1809, American traders got in on the action, importing low-quality opium from Turkey. By 1830, the problem had become an epidemic. Some estimates place the nu...
This summer, Random House published his latest book, Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction, in which Martin details how his obsessive collectors’ bug led to his opium addiction. Collectors Weekly: What drew you to antique opium paraphernalia? An example of an opium ...
Opium smoking was introduced into China from Java in the 17th century. Addiction to opium became a grave, widespread problem in China, and the Chinese government banned its use in the 18th century. Its efforts to suppress the opium trade led to two trade wars known as the Opium Wars. ...
The Chinese Communist Party is obviously quite aware of how devastating drugs can be at a societal level, given its repeated invocation of the “Century of Humiliation” narrative. Some in China who have been deeply inculcated with this narrative might also view fostering drug addiction as a for...
state" in the 17th century. The model was "perfected by the British", who promoted the convenient myth that "non-white people were by nature prone to addiction and depravity". When China banned the import of opium in 1729, the British turned to smugglers who called themselves "private ...
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Export of large quantities of British Indian opium and resultant addiction in China prompted two Opium Wars between China and European Allies during the 18th century. Recognition of opium evil and US trade interests started an antiopium movement of the early 19th century. Advances in commercial ...
Opium’s far-reaching history ranges from its medicinal use by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks as a painkiller and cure for dysentery to the misery of drug abuse today. One section recounts how the British love of tea fueled the widespread Chinese addiction to opium in the 18th and 19th c...