Opium and empire in Southeast Asia : regulating consumption in British Burma

Opium and empire in Southeast Asia : regulating consumption in British Burma /

"This study investigates the connection between the regulation of opium and the exercise of imperial power in colonial Burma. It traces the opium industry from the British annexation of the Burmese territories of Arakan and Tenasserim in 1826 to the end of the colonial era, arguing that this co...

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Main Author: Wright, Ashley, 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Series:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Subjects:
Opium trade > Government policy > Burma > History > 19th century.
Opium trade > Government policy > Burma > History > 20th century.
Imperialism > Economic aspects > Burma > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Government policy > Burma > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > Administration > History.
Rakhine State (Burma) > History.
Tenasserim Division (Burma) > History.
Burma > History > 1824-1948.
Burma > Economic conditions.
Burma > Colonial influence.
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