The opium business :: a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China /
"From its rise in the 1830s, to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy. Opium money was inextricably bound up in local, national, and imperial finances, and the people who piloted the trade were integral to the fabric of Chinese society....
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| Summary: | "From its rise in the 1830s, to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy. Opium money was inextricably bound up in local, national, and imperial finances, and the people who piloted the trade were integral to the fabric of Chinese society. In this book, Peter Thilly narrates the dangerous lives and shrewd business operations of opium traffickers in southeast China, situating them within a global history of capitalism. By tracing the evolution of the opium trade from clandestine offshore agreements in the 1830s, to multi-million dollar "Prohibition Bureau" contracts in the 1930s, Thilly demonstrates how the modernizing Chinese state was infiltrated, manipulated, and profoundly transformed by opium profiteers. Opium merchants carried the drug by sea, over mountains, and up rivers, with leading traders establishing monopolies over trade routes and territories, and assembling "opium armies" to protect their businesses. Over time, and as their ranks grew, these organizations became more bureaucratized and militarized, mimicking--and then eventually influencing, infiltrating, or supplanting--the state. Through the chaos of revolution, warlordism, and foreign invasion, opium traders diligently expanded their power through corruption, bribery, and direct collaboration with the state. Drug traders mattered--not only in the seedy ways in which they have been caricatured, but crucially as shadowy architects of statecraft and China's evolution on the world stage"-- |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781503634114 1503634116 1503634108 9781503634107 |
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| contents | Introduction : the opium business in Chinese and world history -- Local foundations, 1832-1839 -- Negotiated illegality, 1843-1860 -- Drug money and the fiscal-military state, 1857-1906 -- "Opium kings" and tax farmers in the age of prohibition, 1906-1938 -- New spatialities in the global drug trade, 1890s-1940s -- Opium and the frontier of Japanese power in South China, 1895-1945 -- Conclusion : following the money, today and in the past. |
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| spelling | Thilly, Peter, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022015236 The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / Peter Thilly. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022] 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the opium business in Chinese and world history -- Local foundations, 1832-1839 -- Negotiated illegality, 1843-1860 -- Drug money and the fiscal-military state, 1857-1906 -- "Opium kings" and tax farmers in the age of prohibition, 1906-1938 -- New spatialities in the global drug trade, 1890s-1940s -- Opium and the frontier of Japanese power in South China, 1895-1945 -- Conclusion : following the money, today and in the past. "From its rise in the 1830s, to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy. Opium money was inextricably bound up in local, national, and imperial finances, and the people who piloted the trade were integral to the fabric of Chinese society. In this book, Peter Thilly narrates the dangerous lives and shrewd business operations of opium traffickers in southeast China, situating them within a global history of capitalism. By tracing the evolution of the opium trade from clandestine offshore agreements in the 1830s, to multi-million dollar "Prohibition Bureau" contracts in the 1930s, Thilly demonstrates how the modernizing Chinese state was infiltrated, manipulated, and profoundly transformed by opium profiteers. Opium merchants carried the drug by sea, over mountains, and up rivers, with leading traders establishing monopolies over trade routes and territories, and assembling "opium armies" to protect their businesses. Over time, and as their ranks grew, these organizations became more bureaucratized and militarized, mimicking--and then eventually influencing, infiltrating, or supplanting--the state. Through the chaos of revolution, warlordism, and foreign invasion, opium traders diligently expanded their power through corruption, bribery, and direct collaboration with the state. Drug traders mattered--not only in the seedy ways in which they have been caricatured, but crucially as shadowy architects of statecraft and China's evolution on the world stage"-- Provided by publisher Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2022). In English. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 19th century. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 20th century. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 19e siècle. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 20e siècle. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Opium trade fast China Fujian Sheng fast 1800-1999 fast Chinese history. Southeast Asia. business history. capitalism. crime. imperialism. maritime history. opium trade. opium. political economy. History fast Print version: Thilly, Peter. Opium business. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022 9781503628861 (DLC) 2022005932 |
| spellingShingle | Thilly, Peter The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / Introduction : the opium business in Chinese and world history -- Local foundations, 1832-1839 -- Negotiated illegality, 1843-1860 -- Drug money and the fiscal-military state, 1857-1906 -- "Opium kings" and tax farmers in the age of prohibition, 1906-1938 -- New spatialities in the global drug trade, 1890s-1940s -- Opium and the frontier of Japanese power in South China, 1895-1945 -- Conclusion : following the money, today and in the past. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 19th century. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 20th century. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 19e siècle. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 20e siècle. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Opium trade fast |
| title | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / |
| title_auth | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / |
| title_exact_search | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / |
| title_full | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / Peter Thilly. |
| title_fullStr | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / Peter Thilly. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The opium business : a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / Peter Thilly. |
| title_short | The opium business : |
| title_sort | opium business a history of crime and capitalism in maritime china |
| title_sub | a history of crime and capitalism in maritime China / |
| topic | Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 19th century. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 20th century. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 19e siècle. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 20e siècle. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Opium trade fast |
| topic_facet | Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 19th century. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History 20th century. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 19e siècle. Opium Commerce Chine Fujian Histoire 20e siècle. HISTORY / Asia / China. Opium trade China Fujian Sheng History |
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