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245 14 a| The opium debate and Chinese exclusion laws in the nineteenth-century American West /c| Diana L. Ahmad.;

300 a| xiii, 132 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-127) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- The poppy problem comes to the West -- Into the West's caves of oblivion -- Threats to body and behavior -- Excluding the dual dilemma -- Smoking-opium's continued presence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;

520 1 a| "The Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the Nineteenth-Century American West examines how the spread of opium-smoking and its culture fueled anti-Chinese propaganda and demands for the exclusion of the Chinese from American life. This meticulously researched study of the nineteenth-century American drug-abuse crisis reveals the ways moral crusaders linked their anti-opium rhetoric to already active demands for Chinese exclusion."--BOOK JACKET.;

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The opium debate and Chinese exclusion laws in the nineteenth-century American West / Diana L. Ahmad.

Author/creator	Ahmad, Diana L., 1953-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2007.
Description	xiii, 132 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Chinese--United States. Opium abuse--United States. Opioid-Related Disorders--ethnology. --China. Opioid-Related Disorders--ethnology. --United States. Opioid-Related Disorders--history. --China. Opioid-Related Disorders--history. --United States. Drug and Narcotic Control--history. --China. Drug and Narcotic Control--history. --United States. Drug and Narcotic Control--legislation & jurisprudence. --China. Drug and Narcotic Control--legislation & jurisprudence. --United States. Emigrants and Immigrants--history. --China. Emigrants and Immigrants--history. --United States. History, 19th Century--China. History, 19th Century--United States. Opium--history. --China. Opium--history. --United States. Prejudice--China. Prejudice--United States. United States--Emigration and immigration.

Contents	Preface -- The poppy problem comes to the West -- Into the West's caves of oblivion -- Threats to body and behavior -- Excluding the dual dilemma -- Smoking-opium's continued presence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Review	"The Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the Nineteenth-Century American West examines how the spread of opium-smoking and its culture fueled anti-Chinese propaganda and demands for the exclusion of the Chinese from American life. This meticulously researched study of the nineteenth-century American drug-abuse crisis reveals the ways moral crusaders linked their anti-opium rhetoric to already active demands for Chinese exclusion."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-127) and index.
LCCN	2006025457
ISBN	0874176980 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780874176988 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780874178449
ISBN	0874178444

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