Drugs and Empires

PATRICA BARTON Research Fellow at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, University of Strathclyde, UK FRANK DIKOTTER Professor of Modern Chinese History at SOAS, London, UK AMAR FAROOQUI Reader in History, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, India MARC JASON GILBERT Professor in the Department of History, North Georgia College & State University, USA KELLY GRAY Assistant Professor of History at Towson State University, Maryland, USA CHIMA J. KORIEH Professor of African History in the Department of History of Rowan University, New Jersey, USA WILLIAM B. MCALLISTER Author of Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century: An International History JAMES H. MILLS Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, University of Strathclyde, UK RICHARD NEWMAN Research Associate in the Department of History at SOAS, London, UK JOHN F. RICHARDS Professor in History, Duke University, USA GEORGE BRYAN SOUZA Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Texas, San Antonio, USA WILLIAM O. WALKER III Professor of History and International Relations at the University of Toronto, Canada

Drugs and Empires introduces new research that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa and addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history.Drugs and Empires introduces new research that re-evaluates the relationship between intoxicants and empires in the modern world. It re-examines controversies about such issues as the Asian opium trade or the sale of alcohol in Africa and addresses new areas of research, including the impact of imperial drugs profits on American history.