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Damn and blast, East India Company's opium trade just narrowly outside the remit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Opium_trade https://en.wikip
by throwawayaway 12y ago
Damn and blast, East India Company's opium trade just narrowly outside the remit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Opium_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Opium_trade
Probably the most fascinating aspect of British colonialism to me.
- stef25 12y agoPlenty of information on that period in The Pursuit of Oblivion http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-Oblivion-Social-History-Drugs-ebook/dp/B00A3BO89A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424869904&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pursuit+of+oblivion http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-Oblivion-Social-History-Drug...