Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia
Regulating Consumption in British Burma
ISBN:
9780230296466
Date published:
November 2013
Hardback
Price:
£50.00 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.