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Opium : reality's dark dream / Thomas Dormandy.
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- ISBN: 9780300175325 (cl : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0300175329 (cl : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: x, 366 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-348) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The juice -- The essence. |
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| Subject: | Opium abuse > History. Opium trade > History. Opium > History. Opioid-Related Disorders > history. Commerce > history. Drug Industry > history. Opium > history. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | HV 5816 .D67 2012 | 30543763 | General Collection | Available | - |
Opium : Reality's Dark Dream
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Table of Contents
Opium : Reality's Dark Dream
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. ix | |
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| Part I | The Juice | |
| 1 | Petrified buns | p. 7 |
| 2 | The magical seepage | p. 12 |
| 3 | A gift of the gods | p. 17 |
| 4 | Rival brews | p. 25 |
| 5 | Affyon | p. 29 |
| 6 | The sleepy sponge | p. 38 |
| 7 | Greater than Celsus? | p. 45 |
| 8 | The tincture and the powder | p. 53 |
| 9 | On the banks of the Ganges | p. 62 |
| 10 | The Turkish connection | p. 69 |
| 11 | Romantic opium | p. 76 |
| 12 | The pleasure dome of Xanadu | p. 85 |
| 13 | The opium eaters | p. 91 |
| 14 | The people | p. 98 |
| 15 | A salve for all ailments | p. 104 |
| Part II | The Essence | |
| 16 | The shape of dreams | p. 115 |
| 17 | The most wicked of wars | p. 123 |
| I | The Celestial Kingdom | p. 123 |
| II | The First Opium War | p. 133 |
| III | The Second Opium war | p. 140 |
| 18 | The Yellow Peril | p. 151 |
| 19 | Doctors rule | p. 161 |
| 20 | American voices | p. 175 |
| 21 | Nervous waste | p. 186 |
| 22 | A heroic substance | p. 193 |
| 23 | The birth of a crusade | p. 200 |
| 24 | War and Peace (of sorts) | p. 212 |
| 25 | Victims and survivors | p. 221 |
| 26 | Unholy alliances | p. 232 |
| 27 | Junkies | p. 240 |
| 28 | Guardians of the law | p. 248 |
| 29 | Zero tolerance | p. 253 |
| 30 | God's own medicine | p. 260 |
| 31 | Treatments and cures | p. 269 |
| 32 | Life and death of a drug lord | p. 276 |
| 33 | The making of a modern narco-state | p. 283 |
| 34 | New trails: old tribulations | p. 290 |
| Epilogue | p. 298 | |
| Acknowledgements | p. 300 | |
| Notes | p. 302 | |
| Selected Annotated Bibliography | p. 326 | |
| Index | p. 349 |
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