A History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800-1959 - Hardback

This volume unearths the emerging pattern of consumption of opium in colonial Assam and the creation of drug-dependency in a social context. It analyses the competing forces of the empire which played a key role in the production and distribution of opium; national politics alongside international drug diplomacy and how these together shaped the discourse of opium in Assam; the wider implications of opium production and consumption in the agrarian economy and the narrative of the nationalist critique of intoxication. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

• | Author: Kawal Deep Kour
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0367417707
• | ISBN-13: 9780367417703