Book Memories of Opiums also written in English
Please find below some information on our book "Memories of Opiums" edited for our exhibition "Memories of Opiums".
- authors : Dominique and Eric Delalande
Summary :
- Foreword
- The product opium
- Poppy crop and opium harvesting
- Opium in the West
- China, the beginning of the disaster
- The opium wars
- The collectors
- Ritual of the opium smoker
- As a drug
- Opium and sexuality
- Advice to the opium smoker
- The feelings
- Opium in the XXth century
- Bibliography
Written in English and French.
Sale price : 90 euros
Total book price (including conditioning and shipping) :
France : 100 euros (arrival in two days)
Europe : 120 euros (arrival in 3/4 days)
International : 125 euros (arrival in one week)
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