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Author Wright, Ashley, 1980-

Title Opium and empire in Southeast Asia : regulating consumption in British Burma / Ashley Wright
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Fashioning of Opium Policy in Arakan and Tenasserim -- 2. Regulating opium in British Burma, 1852-1885 -- 3. Race and the regulation of consumption in colonial Burma -- 4. Testimony about Burma at the Royal Commission on Opium -- 5. The Royal Commission and the rationale for opium policy -- 6. The age of international conferences, 1895-1914 -- 7. Burma, The League of Nations and opium policy networks -- 8. Separation, negotiation and drug diplomacy: 1935-1939 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography
Summary "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 connection was multi-dimensional. The British regime regulated opium to facilitate labour extraction, and the articulation of a rationale for opium policy was inextricable from the articulation of a rationale for colonial rule more generally. Evolving discourses about race invoked opium consumption. Finally, Burma's position in multiple transnational and imperial networks informed its colonial opium policy"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject 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
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 -- South East Asia -- Myanmar (Burma)
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 -- South East Asia -- Myanmar (Burma)
Colonialism & imperialism -- South East Asia -- Myanmar (Burma)
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
British colonies.
Colonial influence.
Consumption (Economics) -- Government policy.
Economic history.
Imperialism -- Economic aspects.
Colonies -- Administration.
Opium trade -- Government policy.
Colonialism & imperialism -- South East Asia -- Myanmar (Burma) -- c 1500 onwards to present day -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
History.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration -- History
Rakhine State (Burma) -- History
Tenasserim Division (Burma) -- History
Burma -- History -- 1824-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018120
Burma -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018116
Burma -- Colonial influence
Subject Asia.
Burma.
Burma -- Rakhine State.
Burma -- Tenasserim Division.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137317605
1137317604
134933362X
9781349333622