Carl Trocki

Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy

A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind, this book is fascinating reading for historians and social scientists as well as those involved in Asian studies or economic history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780415199186
• ISBN-10: 0415199182
• Artikelnr.: 21212346

Autorenporträt

Trocki, Carl

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The dream of empire
Chapter 2 All the drowsy syrups of the world
Chapter 3 Cleverer than alchemists
Chapter 4 In compassion to mankind
Chapter 5 The most gentlemanlike speculation
Chapter 6 In the hands of Jews and Armenians
Chapter 7 A matter of considerably greater solicitude
Chapter 8 The most long-continued and systematic international crime

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Chapter 1 The dream of empire; Chapter 2 All the drowsy syrups of the world; Chapter 3 Cleverer than alchemists; Chapter 4 In compassion to mankind; Chapter 5 The most gentlemanlike speculation; Chapter 6 In the hands of Jews and Armenians; Chapter 7 A matter of considerably greater solicitude; Chapter 8 The most long-continued and systematic international crime;

Rezensionen

'...a very important argument with implications beyond the social history of drugs, into the broader history of the founding of empire.' - Professor Nigel South, University of Essex

'...a very important argument with implications beyond the social history of drugs, into the broader history of the founding of empire.' - Professor Nigel South, University of Essex