This volume unearths the emerging pattern of consumption of opium in colonial Assam and the creation of drug-dependency in a social context. It analyses the competing forces of the empire which played a key role in the production and distribution of opium; national politics alongside international drug diplomacy and how these together shaped the discourse of opium in Assam; the wider implications of opium production and consumption in the agrarian economy and the narrative of the nationalist critique of intoxication.
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ISBN: | 9781032654249 |
Publication date: | 25th June 2024 |
Author: | Kawal Deep Kour |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 320 pages |
Genres: |
Regional / International studies Health, illness and addiction: social aspects Sociology Medical sociology Regional geography |