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Opium: The Flowers of Evil - Couverture rigide

Wigal, Donald

 
9781783100187: Opium: The Flowers of Evil
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1783100184 ISBN 13 : 9781783100187
Editeur : Parkstone Press Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

While the 20th century was one long war for control of the world's oil supplies, opium was a key strategic raw material during the four preceding centuries. Opium consumption dates back to Ancient Egypt. Initially a useful pharmaceutical product called laudanum; it quickly became popular in Britain. It then became the basis for trade with isolationist China as soon as the Opium Wars obtained trading rights for Western companies and the Chinese began smoking it in industrial quantities. This book offers a tastefully illustrated history of this toxic substance, its paraphernalia, and the era surrounding it.

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Éditeur
Parkstone Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1783100184
ISBN 13 
9781783100187
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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