{"product_id":"moral-nation-miriam-kingsberg-9780520276734","title":"Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History Volume 29","description":"This trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for political legitimacy in nations and empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Japan underwent three distinct crises of sovereignty in its modern history: in the 1890s, during the interwar period, and in the 1950s. Each crisis provoked successively escalating crusades against opium and other drugs, in which moral entrepreneurs--bureaucrats, cultural producers, merchants, law enforcement, scientists, and doctors, among others--focused on drug use as a means of distinguishing between populations fit and unfit for self-rule. \u003ci\u003eMoral Nation\u003c\/i\u003e traces the instrumental role of ideologies about narcotics in the country's efforts to reestablish its legitimacy as a nation and empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Kingsberg demonstrates, Japan's growing status as an Asian power and a \"moral nation\" expanded the notion of \"civilization\" from an exclusively Western value to a universal one. Scholars and students of Japanese history, Asian studies, world history, and global studies will gain an in-depth understanding of how Japan's experience with narcotics influenced global standards for sovereignty and shifted the aim of nation building, making it no longer a strictly political activity but also a moral obligation to society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Kingsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520276736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520276734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Miriam Kingsberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44190553112831,"sku":"9780520276734","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d26dd3c0-5a80-44fd-8749-d0db01c0aed6.jpg?v=1690871158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-nation-miriam-kingsberg-9780520276734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}