-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=rs&ac=dp&qi=XAjwo,CAmK9.X1OBQDgEtue XAjIAzQgE:80:191:1:1&bs=bn&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fbn%2Ebfast%2Ecom%2Fbooklink%2Fclick %3Fsourceid%3D5186403%26ISBN%3D0813119243&oh=1">Book Information from barnesandnoble.com</A> ----- Crusaders against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917 Kathleen L. Lodwick bn.com Price: $29.95 In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours Format: Hardcover, 218pp. ISBN: 0813119243 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: January 1996 ABOUT THE BOOK >From The Publisher Opium addiction in China during the closing decades of the Ch'ing dynasty afflicted all segments of society. From government officials to farmers, the population fell prey to the effects of the drug. Some provinces reported addiction rates as high as 80 percent. With the birth of Chinese nationalism, reformersmissionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use led only to death - cried out against the drug. Kathleen Lodwick examines the intersecting efforts of Protestant missionaries, particularly medical doctors, who had long denounced opium use, the British Royal Commission on Opium, which was decidedly pro-opium, the U.S. Philippine Commission, which denounced not only the trade but the Chinese people, and the British officials who finally undertook the task of ending the importation of opium to China. China kept few records on the amount of drug use or its effects. Missionary medical doctors conducted the first scientific survey on the effects of the drug, and their findings provided clear evidence of its perniciousness. Such evidence could not be ignored, whatever the fortunes involved, and missionaries conducted a campaign of education and awareness in China and abroad. As a result of their efforts, China and Britain entered into a treaty that called for all opium trade to cease by 1917, and both governments as well as the missionaries became immediately active toward that end. The suppression campaign was among the most successful of the late Ch'ing reforms. Lodwick tells a fascinating story of imperial exploitation and of a strain of honest crusaders who sought to right some of the wrongs their own nation was perpetrating. This book represents a strong argument against legalization of addictive drugs, a topic being discussed toda Reviews >From Booknews Lodwick (history, Pennsylvania State U.) examines the efforts of Protestant missionaries, medical doctors, and British government agencies to end the importation of opium to China from India through Britain. She details opium use in China in the late 19th century, pro- and anti-opium forces, and government investigations, and reviews the successes and failures of opium suppression. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) FROM THE BOOK Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 1 Opium in China in the Late Nineteenth Century 11 2 Missionaries Organize to Oppose Opium 27 3 The Pro-Opium Forces and Government Investigations 72 4 The Anti-Opium Lobby Comes of Age 116 5 Success and Failures of Opium Suppression 148 Conclusion 181 Appendix 186 Notes 188 Bibliography 203 Index 210 Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 barnesandnoble.com llc ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
