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Donald Wigal
The Mystique of Opium [EPUB ebook]

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Opium used to have the same importance in international economy and state-led strategies as petrol has today. It became the basis for trade with isolationist China as soon as the Opium Wars obtained trading rights for Western Companies. International strategies for personal reveries… 19th-century European writers were to begin praising this “midnight fairy”. This book offers a tastefully illustrated history of this toxic substance, its paraphernalia and era.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 92 ● ISBN 9781639198955 ● File size 14.6 MB ● Publisher Parkstone International ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2024 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9555206 ● Copy protection without

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