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The peasant production of opium in nineteenth-century India
- Title
- The peasant production of opium in nineteenth-century India / by Rolf Bauer.
- Author
- Bauer, Rolf, 1984-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 220 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The Peasant Production of Opium in 19th 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"--
- Series Statement
- Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; volume 12
- Uniform Title
- Library of economic history ; v. 12.
- Subjects
- Opium trade
- Power (Social sciences)
- Forced labor
- India
- British colonies
- Opium trade > India > History > 19th century
- Power (Social sciences) > India > History > 19th century
- Great Britain > Colonies > Economic policy
- 1765-1947
- Great Britain > Colonies > Economic conditions
- British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
- Peasants > India > Economic conditions > 19th century
- History
- Economic history
- Forced labor > India > History > 19th century
- Peasants > Economic conditions
- India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
- India > Economic conditions > 19th century
- Economic policy
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The creation of a system -- The functioning of a system -- A local-level analysis of an opium district : Saran -- The costs and benefits of poppy cultivation -- The mechanics of a system : incentives, coercion and dependence.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9385
- ISBN
- 9789004385177
- 9004385177
- 9789004385184 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019003725
- 40029110210
- OCLC
- 1078883541
- Author
- Bauer, Rolf, 1984- author.
- Title
- The peasant production of opium in nineteenth-century India / by Rolf Bauer.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; volume 12Library of economic history ; v. 12.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1765-1947
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bauer, Rolf, 1984- author. Peasant production of opium in nineteenth-century India Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004385184 (DLC) 2019015516
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029110210
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9385