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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 Fascinating Story Of A Commodity That Became A Hallmark Of Modern Mass Consumerism. Carol Benedict Follows The Spread Of Chinese Tobacco Use From The Sixteenth Century, When It Was Introduced To China From The New World, Through The Development Of Commercialized Tobacco Cultivation, And To The Present Day. Along The Way, She Analyzes The Factors That Have Shaped China's Highly Gendered Tobacco Cultures, And Shows How They Have Evolved Within A Broad, Comparative World-historical Framework. Drawing From A Wealth Of Historical Sources--gazetteers, Literati Jottings (biji), Chinese Materia Medica, Qing Poetry, Modern Short Stories, Late Qing And Early Republican Newspapers, Travel Memoirs, Social Surveys, Advertisements, And More--golden-silk Smoke Not Only Uncovers The Long And Dynamic History Of Tobacco In China But Also Sheds New Light On Global Histories Of Fashion And Consumption-- 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--o

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Author

Carol Benedict, (Carol Ann), 1955-

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283277709

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Folklore, Anthropology