“We Are About to Enter Satan’s Stronghold”: Chinese Opium Houses and Shared Multi-Ethnic Spaces in London’s Maritime District, c.1860-1900
Published online on October 09, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Urban History, Ahead of Print.
This article examines the myth of the Chinese opium den in mid-nineteenth-century London, focusing on how two opium houses in the maritime quarter became central to national fears about the Chinese community. Within the context of a growing hostility to ...
This article examines the myth of the Chinese opium den in mid-nineteenth-century London, focusing on how two opium houses in the maritime quarter became central to national fears about the Chinese community. Within the context of a growing hostility to ...