Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917.
Lodwick, Kathleen L.
Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Opium in China in the Late Nineteenth Century; TWO: Missionaries Organize to Oppose Opium; THREE: The Pro-Opium Forces and Government Investigations; FOUR: The Anti-Opium Lobby Comes of Age; FIVE: Success and Failures of Opium Suppression; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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 nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use le.
9780813149684 (electronic bk.) 0813149681 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1299msc JSTOR
1800 - 1999
Protestant churches--Missions--History--China--19th century.
Protestant churches--Missions--History--China--20th century.
Opium trade--History--China--19th century.
Opium trade--History--China--20th century.
Églises protestantes--Missions--Histoire--Chine--19e siècle.
Églises protestantes--Missions--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
Opium--Commerce--Histoire--Chine--19e siècle.
Opium--Commerce--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY--Modern--20th Century.
Opium trade.
Politics and government.
Protestant churches--Missions.
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
China--Politics and government--19th century.
China--Politics and government--20th century.
Chine--Histoire--1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
China.
China 19th century Politics and government China 20th century Politics and government China History Opium war, 1840-1842 Opium trade History 19th century China Opium trade History 20th century China Protestant churches Missions History 19th century China Protestant churches Missions History 20th century China
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BV3415.2
362.29/3/0951
Crusaders Against Opium : Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Opium in China in the Late Nineteenth Century; TWO: Missionaries Organize to Oppose Opium; THREE: The Pro-Opium Forces and Government Investigations; FOUR: The Anti-Opium Lobby Comes of Age; FIVE: Success and Failures of Opium Suppression; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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 nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use le.
9780813149684 (electronic bk.) 0813149681 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1299msc JSTOR
1800 - 1999
Protestant churches--Missions--History--China--19th century.
Protestant churches--Missions--History--China--20th century.
Opium trade--History--China--19th century.
Opium trade--History--China--20th century.
Églises protestantes--Missions--Histoire--Chine--19e siècle.
Églises protestantes--Missions--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
Opium--Commerce--Histoire--Chine--19e siècle.
Opium--Commerce--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY--Modern--20th Century.
Opium trade.
Politics and government.
Protestant churches--Missions.
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
China--Politics and government--19th century.
China--Politics and government--20th century.
Chine--Histoire--1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
China.
China 19th century Politics and government China 20th century Politics and government China History Opium war, 1840-1842 Opium trade History 19th century China Opium trade History 20th century China Protestant churches Missions History 19th century China Protestant churches Missions History 20th century China
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BV3415.2
362.29/3/0951