Golden-Silk Smoke

Golden-Silk Smoke
Author: Carol Benedict
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2011-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520262778

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"Tobacco has been pervasive in China almost since its introduction from the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century. One-third of the world's smokers--over 350 million--now live in China, and they account for 25 percent of worldwide smoking-related deaths. This book examines the deep roots of China's contemporary "cigarette culture" and smoking epidemic and provides one of the first comprehensive histories of Chinese consumption in global and comparative perspective"--Provided by publisher.


Golden-Silk Smoke
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Carol Benedict
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-10 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Tobacco has been pervasive in China almost since its introduction from the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century. One-third of the world's smokers--over 350 mi
Golden-Silk Smoke
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Carol Benedict
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-10 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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From the long-stemmed pipe to snuff, the water pipe, hand-rolled cigarettes, and finally, manufactured cigarettes, the history of tobacco in China is the fascin
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-28 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulatio
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Language: en
Pages: 394
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Categories: California
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Vintage

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When she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family`s antiques store in Los Angeles' Chinatown. There, her grandmother and grea
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Language: en
Pages: 562
Authors: Sally Green
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
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