Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China's Northeast by Norm

Description: Intoxicating Manchuria by Norman Smith Examines how alcohol, opium, and addiction were portrayed in the culture of Chinas Northeast during the first half of the twentieth century. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 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.In Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and political conflict affected local intoxicant industries. These industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century, even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. Through the lens of popular Chinese media depictions of alcohol and opium, Smith analyzes how intoxicants and addiction were understood in this society, the role the Japanese occupation of Manchuria played in their portrayal, and the efforts made to reduce opium and alcohol consumption. This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restrictions in the region. Flap Intoxicating Manchuria reveals how the powerful alcohol and opium industries in Northeast China were altered by warlord rule, Japanese occupation, political conflict, and a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement. Through the lens of the Chinese medias depictions of alcohol and opium, Norman Smith examines how intoxicants and addiction were understood in this society, the role the Japanese occupation of Manchuria played in the portrayal of intoxicants, and the efforts made to reduce opium and alcohol consumption. This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restrictions in the region. Author Biography Norman Smith is an associate professor in the History Department of the University of Guelph. He is the author of Resisting Manchukuo: Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation and co-editor of Beyond Suffering: Recounting War in Modern China. Table of Contents Introduction1 Alcohol and Opium in China2 Manchurian Context3 Evaluating Alcohol4 Selling Alcohol, Selling Modernity5 Writing Intoxicant Consumption6 The Hostess Scare7 Reasoning Addiction, Taking the Cures8 The Opium Monopolys "Interesting Discussion"ConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex Review ""Intoxicating Manchuria" is engaging, well written, and artfully argued. Norman Smiths analysis of the role that alcohol played in Manchurian society is both intellectually stimulating and part of a fascinating narrative. It is social history at its best: explaining the ways that people lived their lives in the context of changing political regimes. I know no other book that does this for the region under study, or indeed for any region." - James Carter, Chief Editor, Twentieth-Century China Promotional An illuminating and fascinating analysis of the connections between Japanese imperialism, narratives of addiction, and Chinese popular culture in the early twentieth century. Long Description In 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. In Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and political conflict affected local intoxicant industries. These industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century, even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. Through the lens of popular Chinese media depictions of alcohol and opium, Smith analyzes how intoxicants and addiction were understood in this society, the role the Japanese occupation of Manchuria played in their portrayal, and the efforts made to reduce opium and alcohol consumption. This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restrictions in the region. Promotional "Headline" An illuminating and fascinating analysis of the connections between Japanese imperialism, narratives of addiction, and Chinese popular culture in the early twentieth century. Description for Reader In 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. In Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how huge intoxicant industries were altered by warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and war. Powering the spread of alcohol and opium - initially heralded as markers of class or modernity and whose use was well documented - these industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. This book provides a detailed analysis of the medias positive and negative portrayals of alcohol in the 1930s and 40s, which includes the advertising industrys promotion of alcohol and its subsequent calls for prohibition. While tracing the history of opium and alcohol consumption in China and the business of intoxicant production in Manchuria, Smith highlights the efforts of anti-intoxicant activists, scientists, bureaucrats, and writers to raise awareness of the dangers of intoxicants. This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restriction in the region. Description for Teachers/Educators Intoxicating Manchuria is written for students and scholars of Chinese, Japanese, and Manchurian cultural history. Its engaging, readable style will appeal to anyone interested in colonial studies, addiction, and twentieth-century China. Details ISBN077482428X Author Norman Smith Year 2012 ISBN-10 077482428X ISBN-13 9780774824286 Format Hardcover Short Title INTOXICATING MANCHURIA Series Contemporary Chinese Studies Language English Media Book Pages 312 Subtitle Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in Chinas Northeast Publication Date 2012-10-03 UK Release Date 2012-10-03 Imprint University of British Columbia Press Place of Publication Vancouver Country of Publication Canada Illustrations 41 b&w illustrations Publisher University of British Columbia Press DEWEY 362.2920951809041 Audience General Replaces 9780774824293 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161752458;

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