Michael Robson, Opium. The Poisoned Poppy (FormAsia, Hong Kong, 1992); OPIUM SMOKING AND PARAPHERNALIA
A Thai Opium Pipe
A Short Bibliography
Catherine Pagini, Chinese Opium Boxes. H.J. Eiley Collection (n.p., n.d., ca. 1992);
Priscilla Wegars (compiler and editor), Hidden Heritage: Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese (Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1993);
Barbara Hodgson, Opium. A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon (Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1999);
Barbara Hodgson In the Arms of Morpheus. The Tragic History of Laudanum, Morphine, and Patent Medicines (Firefly books, New York, 2001)
Peter Lee, The Big Smoke. The Chinese Art and Craft of Opium (Lamp Light Books, Hong Kong, 2000);
Jean-François Hubert, Opium (Parkstone Press, New York, 2003);
Fang Jing Pei (Dr. John Fong), The Opium Pipe Book (to be published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 2004.
Braun, Rolf & Ilse, Opium-Gewichte. Opium weights. Poids d'Asie. (Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Landau, Germany, 1983)
Gear, Donald and Joan. An Ancient Bird-shaped Weight System from Lan Na and Burma. (Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2002)
Gear, Donald and Joan. Earth to Heaven: The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of Burma (Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 1992; reprint, 2000)
(with thanks to Ben Rapaport ; e-mail: benrapaport@earthlink.net)
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