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“While there have been some studies recently on the history of addictive drugs, none have studied the opium trade in the U.S. with this detail, and none have related that topic to the remarkable hostility against Chinese immigrants. . . . The book helps us understand one of the most revealing, and strangest, episodes in the racial history of the West.” —Elliott West, University of Arkansas

""The Opium Debate is as informed and informative as it is well organized and reader friendly. This is an impressive and very highly recommended contribution."" - American History Shelf

""Filling a significant gap in the literature, it advances our knowledge of the issue of opium in nineteenth-century America's discourse on the ""Chinese Question""...her book gives us the first comprehensive and detailed depiction of the close connection between anti-Chinese sentiments and the subject of recreational opium use."" - American Historical Review

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      Publisher: MP-NEV University of Nevada
      Publication Date: 3/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780874178449, 978-0874178449
      ISBN10: 0874178444

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “While there have been some studies recently on the history of addictive drugs, none have studied the opium trade in the U.S. with this detail, and none have related that topic to the remarkable hostility against Chinese immigrants. . . . The book helps us understand one of the most revealing, and strangest, episodes in the racial history of the West.” —Elliott West, University of Arkansas

      ""The Opium Debate is as informed and informative as it is well organized and reader friendly. This is an impressive and very highly recommended contribution."" - American History Shelf

      ""Filling a significant gap in the literature, it advances our knowledge of the issue of opium in nineteenth-century America's discourse on the ""Chinese Question""...her book gives us the first comprehensive and detailed depiction of the close connection between anti-Chinese sentiments and the subject of recreational opium use."" - American Historical Review

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