The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China /

"From its rise in the 1830s, to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy. Opium money was inextricably bound up in local, national, and imperial finances, and the people who piloted the trade were integral to the fabric of Chinese society....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thilly, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
1800-1999
Opium trade > China > Fujian Sheng > History > 19th century.
Opium trade > China > Fujian Sheng > History > 20th century.
Opium > Commerce > Chine > Fujian > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Opium > Commerce > Chine > Fujian > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Opium trade
HISTORY / Asia / China.
China > Fujian Sheng
Chinese history.
Southeast Asia.
business history.
capitalism.
crime.
imperialism.
maritime history.
opium trade.
opium.
political economy.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the opium business in Chinese and world history
  • Local foundations, 1832-1839
  • Negotiated illegality, 1843-1860
  • Drug money and the fiscal-military state, 1857-1906
  • "Opium kings" and tax farmers in the age of prohibition, 1906-1938
  • New spatialities in the global drug trade, 1890s-1940s
  • Opium and the frontier of Japanese power in South China, 1895-1945
  • Conclusion : following the money, today and in the past.

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