A Brief Historiography Of The Opium Trade With A New Evaluation Of Dr. William H. Park's Opinions Of Over 100 Physicians On The Use Of Opium In China

<p> This thesis provides a brief historiography of the opium trade between Britain and China from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, followed by a reexamination of Dr. William H. Park's Opinions of Over 100 Physicians on the Use of Opium in China. While Dr. Park's compilation was critical in the fight to outlaw the legal opium trade, there were inherent problems with the document. R. K. Newman challenged the veracity of this document in 1995, but stopped short of offering an in-depth appraisal of the report. This thesis provides that critique, followed by suggestions for future utilization of this important primary source.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Gasparini, Kimberly

Contributors dc:contributor

• James Mochoruk

• Anglo-Chinese, missionaries, opium, opium trade, temperance movements

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.und.edu/theses/1534

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.und.edu:theses-2535