04812nam 22009615 450 991079074890332120201104195415.01-349-33362-X1-137-31760-410.1057/9781137317605(CKB)2550000001167777(EBL)1571957(SSID)ssj0001064871(PQKBManifestationID)12392609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001064871(PQKBWorkID)11052495(PQKB)10314432(SSID)ssj0001659847(PQKBManifestationID)16441283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659847(PQKBWorkID)14985935(PQKB)11126914(OCoLC)882250718(MiAaPQ)EBC1571957(DE-He213)978-1-137-31760-5(PPN)265736250(EXLCZ)99255000000116777720151128d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpium and Empire in Southeast Asia[electronic resource] Regulating Consumption in British Burma /by A. Wright1st ed. 2014.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2014.1 online resource (221 p.)Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Description based upon print version of record.0-230-29646-7 1-306-17975-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Fashioning of Colonial Opium Policy in Arakan and Tenasserim, 1826-1852; 2 Regulating Opium in British Burma, 1852-1885: Addiction, Ethnicity and Revenue; 3 "Lady Britannia, her Children, her Step-Children and her Neighbours": Race and the Regulation of Consumption in Colonial Burma, c.1890; 4 Burma as a "Special Case": Testimony about Burma at the Royal Commission on Opium of 1893-1895; 5 Opium and the Maintenance of Imperial Rule: The Royal Commission on Opium and the Rationale for British Opium Policy in Burma6 The Expansion of the Opium Industry in Burma, and the Beginning of the Age of International Conferences, 1895-19147 Burma, the League of Nations and Transnational Opium Policy Networks; 8 Separation, Negotiation and Drug Diplomacy: 1935-1939; Epilogue; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis study investigates the connections between opium policy and imperialism in Burma. It examines what influenced the imperial regime's opium policy decisions, such as racial ideologies, the necessity of articulating a convincing rationale for British governance, and Burma's position in multiple imperial and transnational networks.Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Great Britain—HistoryImperialismWorld politicsHistory, ModernAsia—HistorySoutheast Asia—HistoryHistory of Britain and Irelandhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020Imperialism and Colonialismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/722000Political Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000Asian Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000History of Southeast Asiahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715050Great BritainColoniesAsiaAdministrationHistoryRakhine State (Burma)HistoryTenasserim Division (Burma)HistoryBurmaHistory1824-1948BurmaEconomic conditionsBurmaColonial influenceGreat Britain—History.Imperialism.World politics.History, Modern.Asia—History.Southeast Asia—History.History of Britain and Ireland.Imperialism and Colonialism.Political History.Modern History.Asian History.History of Southeast Asia.338.4/1375HIS015000HIS037060HIS037070HIS048000bisacshWright Aauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1582014BOOK9910790748903321Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia3863981UNINA