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The Opium trail : heroin and imperialism
- Title
- The Opium trail : heroin and imperialism / [written collectively by a study group supported by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars].
- Publication
- Boston, Mass. : New England Free Press, 1972.
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- Additional Authors
- Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.
- Description
- [2], 84, [2] pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- Essay topics include opium consumption in nineteenth and twentieth century America; police officers’ involvement in heroin pushing in Harlem; the use of heroin by political authorities in African American ghettos; women heroin addicts; heroin use by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, including personal narratives by veterans and their court testimony; imperialist powers’ use of opium in China to render the population subservient; contemporary smuggling routes though southeast Asia; methadone treatment; political action in the U.S. against the conditions that create addiction.
- Subjects
- Heroin > Psychological aspects
- Opium abuse > United States > History
- Heroin > Southeast Asia
- Methadone abuse > United States
- Drug traffic > Vietnam
- Opium trade > Asia > History
- Drug control > New York (State) > New York
- Imperialism > Social aspects > China > History
- Heroin > Physiological effect
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Personal narratives
- Drug traffic > Political aspects > Asia > History
- Prostitution > United States > Personal narratives
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States
- Opium abuse > Great Britain > History
- Heroin abuse > Treatment > United States > History
- China > History > Foreign intervention, 1857-1861
- Drug traffic > United States
- Heroin abuse > United States > History
- Drug addiction > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84)
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll Opium T73 1972
- OCLC
- 23827097
- Title
- The Opium trail : heroin and imperialism / [written collectively by a study group supported by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars].
- Imprint
- Boston, Mass. : New England Free Press, 1972.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84)
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
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- Added Author
- Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll Opium T73 1972