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The peasant production of opium in 19th century India / by Rolf Bauer
(Library of economic history. ISSN:18773206 ; volume 12)
(Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386310)

Publisher	(Leiden ; Boston : Brill)
Year	[2019]
Authors	*Bauer, Rolf 1984- author

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Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations and Tables -- Glossary -- Units of Measurement -- Introduction -- The Creation of a System -- The Functioning of a System -- A Local-Level Analysis of an Opium District: Saran -- The Costs and Benefits of Poppy Cultivation -- The Mechanics of a System: Incentives, Coercion and Dependence -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy against a substantial loss but he also reveals how they were coerced into the production of this drug. By dissecting the economic and social power relations on a local level, this study explains how a triangle of debt, the colonial state's power and social dependencies in the village formed the coercive mechanisms that transformed the peasants into opium producers. The result is a book that adds to our understanding of peasant economies in a colonial context HTTP:URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004385184 Pub. note=DOI:
Subjects	LCSH:Opium trade -- India -- History -- 19th century All Subject Search LCSH:Peasants -- India -- Economic conditions -- 19th century All Subject Search LCSH:Forced labor -- India -- History -- 19th century All Subject Search LCSH:Power (Social sciences) -- India -- History -- 19th century All Subject Search LCSH:India -- Economic conditions -- 19th century All Subject Search LCSH:India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 All Subject Search LCSH:Great Britain -- Colonies -- Economic conditions All Subject Search LCSH:Great Britain -- Colonies -- Economic policy All Subject Search
Classification	LCC:HD9675.O653
ID	8000077551
ISBN	9789004385184