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100 1  _aBenedict, Carol
       _q(Carol Ann),
       _d1955-
245 10 _aGolden-silk smoke
       _ba history of tobacco in China, 1550-2010
       _cCarol Benedict
250    _a1st ed
260    _aBerkeley
       _bUniversity of California Press
       _c2011
263    _a1103.
300    _a334p
520    _a"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"--
520    _a"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"--
650  0 _aSociety -- General -- Smoking -- Social aspects -- Qing
       _zChina
       _xHistory.
650  0 _aSociety -- General -- Smoking -- Social aspects -- Republican Era
       _xSocial aspects
       _zChina.
650  0 _aEconomy -- General -- Tobacco -- Social aspects -- Qing
       _zChina
       _xHistory.
650  0 _aEconomy -- General -- Tobacco -- Social aspects -- Republican Era
650  7 _aHISTORY / Asia / General.
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