Opium: A History
by:
Martin Booth (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312186432 (0312186436)
Publish date: July 1st 1998
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Edition language: English
This book contains some interesting information and provides a broad and in-depth historical look at its topic. However, it’s a bit dull, rations its commas much too severely, has a tendency to overgeneralize, and its racial characterizations and blind spots are troubling. And by virtue of being pub...