1st Edition
Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950
By Carl Trocki
Copyright 1999
222 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind,... Read more
Chapter 1 The dream of empire; Chapter 2 All the drowsy syrups of the world; Chapter 3 Cleverer than alchemists; Chapter 4 In compassion to mankind; Chapter 5 The most gentlemanlike speculation; Chapter 6 In the hands of Jews and Armenians; Chapter 7 A matter of considerably greater solicitude; Chapter 8 The most long-continued and systematic international crime;
Biography
Trocki, Carl
'...a very important argument with implications beyond the social history of drugs, into the broader history of the founding of empire.' - Professor Nigel South, University of Essex
