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BL
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886976
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Bauer, Rolf,1984-
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| Title & Author
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The peasant production of opium in Nineteenth-century India /\ by Rolf Bauer.
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| Publication Statement
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Leiden ;Boston :: Brill,, [2019]
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| Series Statement
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Library of economic history,; volume 12
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages)
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| ISBN
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9004385185
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: 9789004385184
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9789004385177
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"The Peasant Production of Opium in 19th 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"--
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Forced labor-- India-- History-- 19th century.
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Opium trade-- India-- History-- 19th century.
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Peasants-- India-- Economic conditions-- 19th century.
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Power (Social sciences)-- India-- History-- 19th century.
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British colonies.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Forced labor.
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Opium trade.
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Peasants-- Economic conditions.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Great Britain, Colonies, Economic conditions.
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Great Britain, Colonies, Economic policy.
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India, Economic conditions, 19th century.
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India, History, British occupation, 1765-1947.
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India.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.1/7375095409034
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| LC Classification
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HD9675.O653I63 2019
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| Parallel Title
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Peasant production of opium in 19th century India
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