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The Opium Monopoly

The Opium Monopoly

La Motte, Ellen N.

Hardcover

ArchaeologyFiction AnthologiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 1161391142
ISBN13: 9781161391145
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 106
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The Opium Monopoly by Ellen N. La Motte is a historical non-fiction book that explores the opium trade in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The author delves into the political and economic factors that led to the opium monopoly in China and the subsequent addiction epidemic that ravaged the country. La Motte also discusses the role of Western powers, particularly Britain, in perpetuating the opium trade and the impact it had on Chinese society. The book draws on primary sources such as government documents, personal accounts, and contemporary news articles to provide a comprehensive analysis of this complex issue. The Opium Monopoly is a thought-provoking and informative read for anyone interested in the history of the opium trade and its lasting effects on global society.1920. This work reveals the opium trade, how it came to be and how the author proposed to stop it. Opium is not profitable in its legitimate use. It is only profitable because of the demands of addicts, men and women deliberately debauched, either through the legalized machinery of colonial governments, or through the illegal activities of smugglers. A moral sentiment that will balk at this immense overproduction, the sole object of which is to create drug victims, is the only weapon to fight it. In giving this book to the public, the author was calling upon that moral sentiment.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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