Moral nation : modern Japan and narcotics in global history

Moral nation modern Japan and narcotics in global history

This trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for political legitimacy in nations and empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Japan underwent three distinct crises of sovereignty in its modern history: in the 1890's,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kingsberg, Miriam, 1981- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press [2013]
Colección:Asia--local studies/global themes ; 29
Materias:
Drug abuse > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Drug traffic > Japan > History.
Japan > Civilization > 1868-
Japan > Moral conditions.
19th century japanese history.
20th century japanese history.
addiction.
asia.
asian power.
asian studies.
bureaucrats.
civic.
civilization.
crusades against opium.
doctors.
drug use.
empire.
global history.
history of narcotics.
international relations.
interwar period.
japan.
japanese history.
law enforcement.
local studies global themes series.
medical.
medicine.
modern history.
modern japan.
moral obligation.
narcotics.
nation building.
opium.
political activity.
political.
scientists.
self rule.
sovereignty.
world history.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798212406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Moral crusade in Meiji Japan
  • Drug users in the epicenter of consumption
  • Cultural producers and the Japanese empire
  • Cultural producers and Manchukuo
  • Merchants
  • Law enforcement
  • Laboratory scientists
  • Medical doctors
  • Moral panic in postwar Japan.

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