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The opium debate and Chinese exclusion laws in the nineteenth-century American West / Diana L. Ahmad. - Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2007. - 132 p.

Preface -- The poppy problem comes to the West -- Into the West's caves of oblivion -- Threats to body and behavior -- Excluding the dual dilemma -- Smoking-opium's continued presence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. HKBU Library

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