Drugs and Empires
Subtitle: Essays in Modern Imperialism and Intoxication 1500-1930
Contributors: James Mills (Editor); Patricia Barton (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780230516519
Subjects: Crime & criminology; World history: c 1500 to c 1750; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; World history: from c 1900 -; History; History - General History; History: American; The Americas; USA; Africa - General; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Asia - General; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Colonies; Drug control; Drug traffic
Description: Drugs and Empires introduces new research from a range of historians that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa. It addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history, or the place of African states in the development of international regulations. The outcome is to provoke new perspectives on both drugs and empires.