History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600 - 1950Covering a period of about four centuries, this book demonstrates the economic and political components of the opium problem. As a mass product, opium was introduced in India and Indonesia by the Dutch in the 17th century. China suffered the most, but was also the first to get rid of the opium problem around 1950. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
THE POLITICS OF GUILT | 11 |
THE ORIGINAL SIN | 19 |
CONCLUSIONs | 31 |
PART TWO THE BRITISH ASSAULT | 33 |
the actual sins | 35 |
TEA FOR OPIUM Vice Versa | 49 |
INDIAN PROFITS | 87 |
THE VIOLENT OPIUM COMPANY VOC IN THE EAST | 189 |
THE AMPHIOEN SOCIETY AND THE END OF THE VOC | 239 |
THE CHINESE THE VOC AND THE OPIUM | 255 |
FROM TRADE MONOPOLY INTO NARCOSTATE MONOPOLY | 277 |
TIN FOR OPIUM OPIUM FOR TIN? | 295 |
PUBLIC ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE STATE WITHIN THE STATE | 307 |
THE OPIUM REGIME OF THE DUTCH COLONIAL STATE18501940 | 319 |
PROFITS | 357 |
THE INVENTION OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM PROBLEM | 105 |
A FIRST REFLECTION | 121 |
PART THREE THE DUTCH ASSAULT | 133 |
PORTUGUESE LESSONS | 135 |
PEPPER FOR OPIUM VICE VERSA | 163 |
THE BENGAL SCENE | 171 |
REFLECTIONS | 373 |
PART FOUR THE FRENCH ASSAULT | 381 |
OPIUM IN AND FOR LA DOUCE FRANCE | 383 |
THE FRENCH COLONIAL SCENE IN SOUTHE AST ASIA | 395 |
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