The peasant production of opium in 19th century India / / by Rolf Bauer.
The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy agains...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019] |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of Economic History
12. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 pages). |
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Summary: | The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy against a substantial loss but he also reveals how they were coerced into the production of this drug. By dissecting the economic and social power relations on a local level, this study explains how a triangle of debt, the colonial state's power and social dependencies in the village formed the coercive mechanisms that transformed the peasants into opium producers. The result is a book that adds to our understanding of peasant economies in a colonial context. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004385185 |
ISSN: | 1877-3206 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Rolf Bauer. |