Psychoactive Revolution and Transnational Networks

Authors

Menglu Gao, University of DenverFollow

Publication Date

2022

Document Type

Lesson Plan

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, English and Literary Arts

Keywords

Victorian studies, Asia, Europe, America, Opium, Social structure, Environmental transformation

Abstract

The connection and clash between Asia and the Anglophone world were, in part, facilitated by what David T. Courtwright calls the “psychoactive revolution,” a process in which hunger, the need for food, was replaced by desire and addiction in the modern world. Networks between these regions deepened and proliferated as stimulants and sedatives such as tea, opium, and coffee became increasingly accessible and popular around the globe.

Copyright Date

2022

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

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Publication Statement

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This lesson plan was originally created as:

Menglu Gao, les. plan dev. “Psychoactive Revolution and Transnational Networks.” Waiyee Loh, Hyungji Park, Jessica R. Valdez, Rae X. Yan, collab. peer revs.; Sophia Hsu, les. plan clust. dev. Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom, 2022, https://undiscipliningvc.org/html/lesson_plans/east_asia_psychoactive_revolution.html.

Rights Holder

Menglu Gao

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

10 pgs

File Size

559 KB

Publication Title

Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom

Recommended Citation

Gao, Menglu, "Psychoactive Revolution and Transnational Networks" (2022). English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship. 21.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/english_literaryarts_faculty/21