Drugs and Empires: Essays in Modern Imperialism and Intoxication, c. 1500 to c. 1930

Drugs And Empires Introduces New Research From A Range Of Historians That Re-evaluates The Relationship Between Intoxicants And Empires In The Modern World. It Re-examines Controversies About Such Issues As The Asian Opium Trade Or The Sale Of Alcohol In Africa. It Addresses New Areas Of Research, Including The Impact Of Imperial Drugs Profits On American History, Or The Place Of African States In The Development Of International Regulations. The Outcome Is To Provoke New Perspectives On Both Drugs And Empires. China, British Imperialism And The Myth Of The 'opium Plague' / Frank Dikötter, Lars Laamann, And Xun Zhou -- Developing Habits : Opium And Tobacco In The Indonesian Archipelago, C. 1619-c. 1794 / George Bryan Souza -- Early British Encounters With The Indian Opium Eater / Richard Newman -- 'cannot We Induce The People Of England To Eat Opium?' The Moral Economy Of Opium In Colonial India / John F. Richards -- Opium And The Trading World Of Western India In The Early Nineteenth Century / Amar Farooqui -- Dangerous Drinks And The Colonial State : 'illicit' Gin Prohibition And Control In Colonial Nigeria / Chima J. Korieh -- Empire And Excise : Drugs And Drink Revenue And The Fate Of States In South Asia / Marc Jason Gilbert -- Powders, Potions And Tablets : The 'quinine Fraud' In British India, 1890-1939 / Patricia Barton -- Colonial Africa And The International Politics Of Cannabis : Egypt, South Africa And The Origins Of Global Control / James H. Mills -- 'a Grave Danger To The Peace Of The East' : Opium And Imperial Rivalry In China, 1895-1920 / William O. Walker Iii -- 'wolf By The Ears' : The Dilemmas Of Imperial Opium Policymaking In The Twentieth Century / William B. Mcallister -- The Trade-off : Chinese Opium Traders And Antebellum Reform In The United States, 1815-1860 / Elizabeth Kelly Gray. Edited By James H. Mills And Patricia Barton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. China, British imperialism and the myth of the 'opium plague' / Frank Dik'tter, Lars Laamann, and Xun Zhou Developing habits : opium and tobacco in the Indonesian archipelago, c. 1619-c. 1794 / George Bryan Souza Early British encounters with the Indian opium eater / Richard Newman "Cannot we induce the people of England to eat opium?" The moral economy of opium in colonial India / John F. Richards Opium and the trading world of western India in the early nineteenth century / Amar Farooqui Dangerous drinks and the colonial state : "illicit" gin prohibition and control in colonial Nigeria / Chima J. Korieh Empire and excise : drugs and drink revenue and the fate of states in South Asia / Marc Jason Gilbert Powders, potions and tablets : politics, science and the purity of drugs in British India, 1890 to 1939 / Patricia Barton Colonial Africa and the international politics of cannabis : Egypt, South Africa, and the origins of global control / James H. Mills "A grave danger to the peace of the East" : opium and imperial rivalry in China, 1895-1920 / William O. Walker III 'Wolf by the ears' : the dilemmas of imperial opium policymaking in the 20th century / William B. McAllister The trade-off : Chinese opium and American philanthropy, 1815-1860 / Kelly Gray. Drugs and Empires introduces new research that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa and addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history.