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001 2013038616
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008 130923s2014 enk b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780230296466 (hardback)
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084 $aHIS015000$aHIS037060$aHIS037070$aHIS048000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWright, Ashley,$d1980-
245 10 $aOpium and empire in Southeast Asia :$bregulating consumption in British Burma /$cAshley Wright, Assistant Professor, Washington State University.
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $avi, 214 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 2 $a"This study investigates the connection between the regulation of opium and the exercise of imperial power in colonial Burma. It traces the opium industry from the British annexation of the Burmese territories of Arakan and Tenasserim in 1826 to the end of the colonial era, arguing that this connection was multi-dimensional. The British regime regulated opium to facilitate labour extraction, and the articulation of a rationale for opium policy was inextricable from the articulation of a rationale for colonial rule more generally. Evolving discourses about race invoked opium consumption. Finally, Burma's position in multiple transnational and imperial networks informed its colonial opium policy"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aThe Fashioning of Opium Policy in Arakan and Tenasserim -- Regulating opium in British Burma, 1852-1885 -- Race and the regulation of consumption in colonial Burma -- Testimony about Burma at the Royal Commission on Opium -- The Royal Commission and the rationale for opium policy -- The age of international conferences, 1895-1914 -- Burma, The League of Nations, and opium policy networks -- Separation, negotiation and drug diplomacy : 1935-1939 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
650 0 $aOpium trade$xGovernment policy$zBurma$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aOpium trade$xGovernment policy$zBurma$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAsia$xAdministration$xHistory.
650 0 $aImperialism$xEconomic aspects$zBurma$xHistory.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xGovernment policy$zBurma$xHistory.
651 0 $aRakhine State (Burma)$xHistory.
651 0 $aTenasserim Division (Burma)$xHistory.
651 0 $aBurma$xHistory$y1824-1948.
651 0 $aBurma$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aBurma$xColonial influence.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/466/9780230296466/image/lgcover.9780230296466.jpg