Instrument of empires

Ghosh details how the East India Company took control of opium production in Bihar and coerced Indian farmers to cultivate opium poppies (as Deeti does in Smoke and Poppies), a capital and labour-intensive crop, to sell in China through a system of auction houses and smugglers. When international pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2024-11, Vol.404 (10467), p.2040-2041
1. Verfasser:	Aujla, Mandip
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Apathy British Empire Business law Climate change Colonialism Control equipment Control systems Corruption Diazepam Drug abuse Fossil fuels Narcotics Opioids Pharmaceuticals Poppies
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