Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia: Regulating Consumption in British Burma

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.

Author: A. Wright
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/21/2013
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230296466

About the Author
Ashley Wright will take up the position of Assistant Professor at Washington State University, USA, from the Autumn of 2013.