The truth about opium (Registro nro. 84882)
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| LC control number | 10004438 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HV |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brereton, William H. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The truth about opium |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2013-10-26 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at<br/>http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images<br/>generously made available by The Internet Archive/American<br/>Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Truth About Opium" by William H. Brereton is a critical examination and defense of the Indo-China opium trade, written in the late 19th century. The work serves as a rebuttal to the claims of the Anti-Opium Society, arguing against purported fallacies about opium smoking and its effects on the Chinese population. The author draws upon his extensive experience in Hong Kong, challenging the mainstream portrayal of opium as a harmful substance and its trade as exploitative. At the start of the text, Brereton establishes his credentials, emphasizing his firsthand knowledge gained from years living in Hong Kong, where opium smoking is a common practice. He addresses misconceptions held by anti-opium advocates, asserting that their views are based on hearsay rather than direct interaction with the realities of opium use in China. Brereton intends to clarify the situation surrounding opium and its trade, contending that claims of widespread addiction or societal degradation are exaggerated and unfounded. The opening portion sets the stage for a detailed examination of the socio-economic dynamics of opium in China and the implications of the anti-opium movement, asserting that the substance, when used in moderation, poses no significant harm. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Opium trade -- China -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | Opium trade -- India -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | Opium trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | China -- Commerce -- India -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | India -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century |
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| Uncontrolled term | Opium abuse |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44043">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44043</a> |
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