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

ISBN-13: 9780367417703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 320 str.

Kawal Deep Kour

Opis

This volume unearths the emerging pattern of consumption of opium in colonial Assam and the creation of drug-dependency in a social context.
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Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Tastes that Turned History: Tea, Sugar and Opium– Intersecting Stories and Intoxicating Connotations 3. Thinking Imperially: Intertwined Interests of Colonial Science, Medicine and Opium 4. On a Route Laced with Opium: Networks of Commerce and Consumption in a Colonial Hinterland 5. From Assam Kanee to Behar Abkaree 6. Opium Reduction Campaign: 1921-1938 7. Towards Total Prohibition: Opium Eradication Campaign in Assam, 1935-1959 8. Kaniai Khale Asam Desh: A Reconsideration of the Nationalist critique of the ‘Imperialism of Opium’ 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Kawal Deep Kour is an independent researcher on narcotics and drug policy. She has presented her work at various national and international forums. She is currently Member of Board at the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, UK.