Drugs And Empires: Essays In Modern Imperialism And Intoxication, C.1500 To C.1930

Introduction--J.H.Mills & P. Barton * PART 1: CONSUMPTION * China, British imperialism and the myth of the 'Opium Plague'--FDikötter, L.Laamann & X.Zhou * Developing Habits: Opium and Tobacco in the Indonesian Archipelago, c. 1619-c. 1794--G.B.Souza * Early British encounters with the Indian opium eater--R.Newman * 'Cannot we induce the people of England to eat opium?' The moral economy of opium in colonial India--J.F.Richards * PART 2: CONTROL * Opium and the Trading World of Western India in the Early Nineteenth Century--A.Farooqui * Dangerous Drinks and the Colonial State: 'Illicit' Gin Prohibition and Control in Colonial Nigeria--C.J.Korieh * Empire and Excise: Drugs and drink revenue and the fate of states in south Asia--M.J.Gilbert * Powders, Potions and Tablets: The 'quinine fraud' in British India, 1890 to 1939--P.Barton * PART 3: 'HIGH' POLITICS * Colonial Africa and the international politics of cannabis: Egypt, South Africa and the origins of global control--J.H.Mills * 'A grave danger to the peace of the East': Opium and Imperial Rivalry in China, 1895-1920--W.O.Walker III * 'Wolf by the Ears': The Dilemmas of Imperial Opium Policymaking in the 20th Century--W.B.McAllister * The Trade-Off: Chinese Opium Traders and Antebellum Reform in the United States, 1815-1860--K.Gray