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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A nuanced exploration of an important issue ... Kingsberg is to be commended for extensive research in Japanese and English, and for some in Chinese. In raising a host of practical and abstract issues for historical figures, she provides future historians with much to ponder." -- Bill Sewell H-Diplo "This book performs an invaluable service by untangling the complex Japanese discourse on drugs, primarily opium, in the years between 1868 and 1957." -- Alan Baumler American Historical Review "Thorough, well researched, and novel... [Moral Nation] brings a new perspective to the issue of opium trafficking in East Asia, to Japan's colonial role in this region, and to the broader issue of Japan's encounter with modernity." -- Richard Reitan Journal of Japanese Studies "Moral Nation, meticulously researched and sensibly written, is a welcome addition to the library of Japanese studies." -- Ryoko Yamamoto Pacific Affairs
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Moral Nation 1. Moral Crusade in Meiji Japan 2. Drug Users in the Epicenter of Consumption 3. Cultural Producers and the Japanese Empire 4. Cultural Producers and Manchukuo 5. Merchants 6. Law Enforcement 7. Laboratory Scientists 8. Medical Doctors 9. Moral Panic in Postwar Japan Notes Works Cited Index
