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Opium and empire in Southeast Asia : regulating consumption in British Burma

Wright, Ashley, 1980-

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\"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.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• 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. / HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. / HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. / HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. / HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia. / Great Britain Colonies Asia Administration History. / Rakhine State (Burma) History. / Tenasserim Division (Burma) History. / Burma History 1824-1948. / Burma Economic conditions. / Burma Colonial influence.
• ISBN: 9780230296466, 0230296467

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