The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India

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.

About the author

Rolf Bauer, PhD (2018), University of Vienna, is currently a lecturer in Economic and Social History, South Asian Studies and International Development at that university. He has previously published on the opium industry in nineteenth-century India.

Product details

• Authors: Rolf Bauer
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2019
• EAN: 9789004385177
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38517-7
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Library of Economic History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries