The opium empire : Japanese imperialism and drug trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945

著者

• Jennings, John M.

書誌事項

The opium empire : Japanese imperialism and drug trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945

John M. Jennings

Praeger, 1997

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-153) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) found Japan guilty of deliberately promoting drug abuse as a weapon to further its imperialistic aims in Asia. This study provides the historical context behind the IMTFE's findings from the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 to the end of World War II. Given the extent to which drug use permeated the politics, economy, and culture of Asia, it was inevitable that Japan's rise as an imperial power would lead to contact with, and increasing involvement in, the opium and narcotics trade. This study argues that the nature of that involvement should be understood not simply in terms of a conspiracy to drug the people of Asia into submission, but rather as indicative of the general twists and turns of Japanese imperialism. Thus, opium and narcotics emerge not so much as a weapon of, but rather as a metaphor for, Japanese imperialism in Asia.

目次

Preface Introduction The Genesis of Opium Control in Japan Opium and Narcotics Control in the Japanese Colonies The Origins of Japanese Drug Trafficking in China Japan and International Drug Control, 1909-1931 The Manchukuo Opium Monopoly, 1932-1938 Opium and the New Order in East Asia Epilogue and Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA31234156
• ISBN:
  • 0275957594
• LCCN: 96027454
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Westport, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 161 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HV5840.A74
  • DC20 : 363/.45/095
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Opium trade -- Asia -- History
  • LCSH : Drug traffic -- Political aspects -- Asia -- History
  • LCSH : Japan -- Foreign relations -- History