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Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia Regulating Consumption in British Burma

Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia Regulating Consumption in British Burma

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This study investigates the connections between opium policy and imperialism in Burma. It examines what influenced the imperial regime's opium policy decisions, such as racial ideologies, the necessity of articulating a convincing rationale for British governance, and Burma's position in multiple imperial and transnational networks.

Keywords

HistoryEuropeGreat BritainPolitical ScienceImperialismHistory & TheoryModernAsiaSoutheast AsiaColonialism & Post-Colonialism

2013Book

Author(s)Ashley Wright

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230296466

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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