Opium Consumption and Experience in India From the Earliest to Contemporary Times |
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| Author:
| Kour, Kawal Deep |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68053-616-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2024 |
| Publisher: | Academica Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $169.40 |
Book Description:
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Offers a 'cultural biography' of opium in the subcontinent. The book spans the Raj and India after independence. It illuminates how opium came to occupy a central place in the 'cultures of consumption' and also in the socio-economic and political life of a people.
Offers a 'cultural biography' of opium in the subcontinent. The book spans the Raj and India after independence. It illuminates how opium came to occupy a central place in the 'cultures of consumption' and also in the socio-economic and political life of a people.