The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India |
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| Author:
| Bauer, Rolf |
| Series title: | Library of Economic History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-38517-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2019 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $152.00 |
Book Description:
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In The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India, Rolf Bauer deals with the peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. He shows how the peasants were forced to cultivate this unremunerative crop through a collaboration of the state and the Indian elite.
In The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India, Rolf Bauer deals with the peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. He shows how the peasants were forced to cultivate this unremunerative crop through a collaboration of the state and the Indian elite.