LEADER 04812nam 22009615 450 001 9910790748903321 005 20201104195415.0 010 $a1-349-33362-X 010 $a1-137-31760-4 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137317605 035 $a(CKB)2550000001167777 035 $a(EBL)1571957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001064871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12392609 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001064871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11052495 035 $a(PQKB)10314432 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001659847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16441283 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14985935 035 $a(PQKB)11126914 035 $a(OCoLC)882250718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1571957 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-31760-5 035 $a(PPN)265736250 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001167777 100 $a20151128d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOpium and Empire in Southeast Asia$b[electronic resource] $eRegulating Consumption in British Burma /$fby A. Wright 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 225 1 $aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1633 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-230-29646-7 311 $a1-306-17975-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Burma 327 $a6 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; Index 330 $aThis study investigates the connections between opium policy and imperialism in Burma. It examines what influenced the imperial regime's opium policy decisions, such as racial ideologies, the necessity of articulating a convincing rationale for British governance, and Burma's position in multiple imperial and transnational networks. 410 0$aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1633 606 $aGreat Britain?History 606 $aImperialism 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aAsia?History 606 $aSoutheast Asia?History 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/722000 606 $aPolitical History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080 606 $aModern History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000 606 $aAsian History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715000 606 $aHistory of Southeast Asia$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715050 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAsia$xAdministration$xHistory 607 $aRakhine State (Burma)$xHistory 607 $aTenasserim Division (Burma)$xHistory 607 $aBurma$xHistory$y1824-1948 607 $aBurma$xEconomic conditions 607 $aBurma$xColonial influence 615 0$aGreat Britain?History. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aAsia?History. 615 0$aSoutheast Asia?History. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aAsian History. 615 24$aHistory of Southeast Asia. 676 $a338.4/1375 686 $aHIS015000$aHIS037060$aHIS037070$aHIS048000$2bisacsh 700 $aWright$b A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01582014 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790748903321 996 $aOpium and Empire in Southeast Asia$93863981 997 $aUNINA