Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917.
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 na...
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The University Press of Kentucky,
1996
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