Intoxicating Manchuria by Norman Smith HARDBACK 9780774824286

Intoxicating Manchuria\nby Norman Smith\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Norman Smith\nTitle: Intoxicating Manchuria\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Asian history\nPublisher: University of British Columbia Press\nISBN-13: 9780774824286\nISBN-10: 077482428X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn China, both opium and alcohol were used for centuries in the pursuit of health and leisure while simultaneously linked to personal and social decline. The impact of these substances is undeniable, and the role they have played in Chinese social, cultural, and economic history is extremely complex.\nIn Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and political conflict affected local intoxicant industries. These industries flourished throughout the .