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The mystique of Opium

By Donald Wigal
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Opium used to have the same importance in international economy and state-led strategies as petrol has today. It became the basis for trade with isolationist China as soon as the Opium Wars obtained trading rights for Western Companies. International strategies for personal reveries… 19th-century European writers were to begin praising this “midnight fairy”. This book offers a tastefully illustrated history of this toxic substance, its paraphernalia and era.
CrimePolitical IntrigueConspiracyPsychologicalWar & Battle

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GenreHistory, Other
Length1 hr 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
2I. TURNING ON: INTRODUCTION
3LIGHTING UP: THE BEAUTIFUL – AND DANGEROUS
4DISCOVERING OPIUM: HIPPOCRATES WAS HIP
5FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE OPIUM WARS
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6II. TURNING ON: RITUAL AND PRACTICE
7INHALING OR SHOOTING UP: POPPY NOSE BEST
8OPIUM DENS: WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR GAME
9HIGHS AND LOWS: A HIP GATHERING
10III. DROPPING OUT: TABOOS AND FANTASIES
11THE EXOTIC APPEAL: FROM LAUDANUM TO LAURENT
12THE STORY OF O: CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
13O, SWEET DEATH: DYING FOR A FIX
14IV. GETTING REAL: OPENING OUT ON REALITY
15THE POPPY TRAIL: REPEATING HISTORY
16THE PEN IN THE DEN: THE BEAT GOES ON
17POPPY AND POPCORN: FINDING THE O IN MOVIE
18TRAFFIC JAM: DRUGS WERE JUST THE BEGINNING

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