Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Worse Than Floods and Wild Beasts 1
6. Establishing a Meaning for Opium 9
7. The Narrative of Addiction in China and the West 35
8. The International Campaign against Opium 57
9. Warlords and Opium 89
10. Opium, the Nation, and the Revolution 111
11. Hankou, the Anti-Opium Inspectorate, and Control of the Opium Trade 151
12. Purifying the People and Defending the State 177
13. Defining Drugs 195
14. War, Poppies, and the Completion of the Plan 215
15. Conclusion 231
16. Notes 239
17. Bibliography 277
18. Index 295