Opium's long shadow: from Asian revolt to global drug control

The League of Nations Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, created in 1920, reversed almost eight decades of political turmoil over opium trafficking, which was by far the largest state-backed drug trade in the age of empire. Opponents of opium had long struggled to...

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Main Author: Rimner, Steffen (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
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UB: KB 21 A 809
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Keywords:
Drug control > International cooperation > History > 20th century
League of Nations / Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs
Opiumhandel > Drogenpolitik > Geschichte 1700-1929 > Opiumhandel > Drogenhandel > Drogenpolitik > China > Asien > Japan > Deutschland > Frankreich > Großbritannien > International Opium Conference
Opium trade > History > 20th century
Social reformers > History > 20th century
Völkerbund > Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs > Geschichte 1917-1929
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