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基本説明
The first comprehensive account of the opium industry in western India during the colonial period, from its beginnings to the mid-19th century.
Full Description
In the modern era, Western colonialism has been a vehicle for the diffusion of a wide range of narcotic substances, but of all the drugs promoted by colonialism, opium occupies a unique place. Smuggling as Subversion is the first comprehensive account of the opium industry in western India during the colonial period, from its beginnings to the mid-19th century. This is an in-depth examination of the use of opium during colonial times, and at the same time the fascinating story of how Indian merchants developed a smuggling enterprise that subverted the East India Company's monopoly in the drug, setting in motion a chain of events that led to the first Opium War in China. Smuggling as Subversion is gripping and essential reading for students and scholars of the history of narcotics, India, or colonialism.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Malwa Opium: The Problem Chapter 3 The Setting Chapter 4 From Poppy Fields to Malwa Markets Chapter 5 The Politics of Opium and the Malwa Opium Agency (1824-1831) Chapter 6 Smuggled Malwa Opium and Indigenous Business Enterprise Chapter 7 Daman to Macao: The Portuguese Connection Chapter 8 Violence and Reversal of Policy Chapter 9 The Ascendancy of Bombay Part 10 Appendices Chapter 11 Appendix I: List fo merchants/firms engaged in Malwa Opium Trade, 1790-1830 Chapter 12 Appendix II: Proforma for Opium Passport Chapter 13 Appendix III: List of Prominent Indian merchants/firms engaged in Malwa Opium Trade at Bombay, 1844
