A History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800–1959
ISBN: 9780367816773
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Area Studies; Social Sciences; Asian Studies; Sociology & Social Policy; South Asian Studies; Medical Sociology;

This volume unearths the emerging pattern of consumption of opium in colonial Assam and the creation of drug-dependency in a social context. It analyses the competing forces of the empire which played a key role in the production and distribution of opium; national politics alongside international drug diplomacy and how these together shaped the discourse of opium in Assam; the wider implications of opium production and consumption in the agrarian economy and the narrative of the nationalist critique of intoxication.
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Kawal Deep Kour is an independent researcher on narcotics and drug policy. She has presented her work at various national and international forums. She is currently Member of Board at the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, UK.

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