Opium : : Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy / / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.
Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and fuyung in Chinese, opium is at once a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations, and the properties that are, often erroneously, attributed to it have ensured an ongoing air of mystery. Pierre-Arna...
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
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