The opium debate and Chinese exclusion laws in the nineteenth-century American West / Diana L. Ahmad.

Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2007], ©2007.

xiii, 132 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-127) and index.

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.